McGeorge v. Henry and Jamison

Appellees, Henry and Jamison, filed separate suits against appellants to recover damages to their separate properties caused by blasting rock from a quarry near their lands which resulted in a disturbance of the rock and earth strata under their lands in such a way as to drain or dry up a well on each of their properties. The cases were consolidated and trial to a jury resulted in separate verdicts and judgments for $750, for each appellee, and a special finding by the jury that the damage was temporary. The charge as laid in each complaint was, that appellants negligently, carelessly and…