Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. O. Lane. Action by G. B. Mitchell against the Sloss-SheffMd Steel and Iron Company for damages for causing the overflow of lands. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. O. Lane. Action by G. B. Mitchell against the Sloss-SheffMd Steel and Iron Company for damages for causing the overflow of lands. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. See also, Sloss-Sheffield S. & I. Go. v. Mitchell, 161 Ala. 278, 49 South. 851. The complaint was as follows: ■ Count 1: “Plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of $10,000 damages in this: That on and prior to the 23d day of August, 1907, plaintiff was the owner and was in possession of the following described real estate in Jefferson county, Alabama, to wit:…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
This action is one for damages, brought by one riparian owner, the appellee, against another, the appellant, • for wrongfully obstructing one or both of two streams of water, one known as “Jackson’s Branch,” the other as “Village Creek,” the former being a tributary of the latter, and the lands flooded being near the junction of the two streams. It is alleg*231ed that in consequence of the obstructions complained of the waters of these two streams, in times of high water, were caused to flood or overflow the plaintiff’s lands, to his great damage, in that slime and filth were cast thereon,…
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