Oates v. Algodon Manufacturing Co.

The court instructed the jury that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover permanent damages against the Algodon Manufacturing Company, but only such damages as had accrued from the beginning of the pollution of the stream up to the time of trial, Webb v. Chemical Co., 170 N. C., 662; 87 S. E., 633, “and that damage would be the difference that you find between the value of his land immediately prior to the pollution of the stream, if you find it was polluted, and the reasonable market value of his land immediately after it was polluted and in addition thereto, any inconvenience and…