Akers v. Mathieson Alkali Works

E. C. Akers, complainant, is the owner of seventeen acres of land in the town of Saltville, Smyth county, Virginia. This land has upon it three dwelling houses and outbuildings, and is nearly surrounded by the lands of the Mathieson Alkali Works, the defendant. The Akers land is very rugged and hilly, except a few acres upon which the buildings are located. There is an opening in the side of the hill east of the buildings from which, during and after rains, clear water formerly flowed. It was, more accurately speaking, a wet weather spring.

The defendant’s tract of land contains several…