Arminius Chemical Co. v. Landrum
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Louisa county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiffs against two of the defendants, who assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is an action of trespass on the case brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiffs in error and two other corporations to recover damages for the pollution of the waters of Contrary creek, which flows through the lands of the plaintiffs, and for injuries to their lands caused by the deposit thereon of the washings of “iron pyrites” taken from the mines of the defendants.
Upon the trial of the 'cause the following verdict was found and judgment entered—viz.: “We, the jury, find for the plaintiffs, on the issues joined on the special pleas Nos. 1 and 2, against The Sulphur…
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