Snyder v. Clough

In April of 1939, plaintiff filed an action in Stark county against Clough and three others, all four of whom resided in Ohio counties other than Stark.. The petition prayed for damages to plaintiff’s premises in the sum of $750, claimed to have been sustained, as a result of the drainage of mine water from strip-mining operations conducted on defendant’s adjacent farm, which polluted a watercourse. Plaintiff’s and defendant’s farms are both located within the confines of Stark county. The plaintiff also prayed for a mandatory injunction and asked that defendants be enjoined from further…