North Jellico Coal Co. v. Trosper

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hannah

Reversing.

L. P. Trosper is the owner of a small tract of land on Lynn Camp Creek in Knox County. The North Jellico Coal Company operates a coal-mining plant on Screw Auger Branch, a tributary of Lynii Camp Creek. The branch empties into the creek a couple of miles above Trosper’s farm.

Alleging that the coal company had negligently placed deposits of síack and fine coal on the banks of Screw Auger Branch, and that the same had been carried down the creek and filled up the channel thereof, causing the lands owned by him to be overflowed, washed away and…