Western Coal & Mining Co. v. Young

Appellees sued appellant separately in the circuit court of Franklin County, Ozark District, for damages to the wells on the respective lands on which they resided at Denning, caused by the alleged negligence of appellant during the years 1929 and 1930 in mining and moving the underlying coal so as to cause the surface to crack and drain their wells, thereby depriving them of a water supply.

Defendant filed an answer denying the material allegations of the complaints and pleaded the three years statute of limitations in further defense.

The causes were consolidated for the purposes of trial and…