Gossett v. Southern Railway Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox County. — Joseph W. Sneed, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkes
These three causes were consolidated and heard together in the court below against the Southern Railway Company, W. J. Oliver, and S. P. Condon for damages resulting from blasting near the premises and home of the plaintiffs.
*379Some wordy controversy is had as to whether it is an action for a nuisance or an action on the case, with which we need not concern ourselves. The action is plainly one on the facts of the case; and the facts set ont in the declaration, so far as necessary to be stated, are that plaintiff O. 0. Gossett owned and occupied as a residence a certain house and lot near…
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- Garvey v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
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