Satterfield v. Rowan

Simmons, Justice.

■ Rowan sued Satterfield, alleging that on May 1st, 1884, the defendant erected a dam across a branch on the defendant’s own land, which lay on the branch just above the land of plaintiff, and on said day began washing ores on said branch, and has continued to do so; that this branch runs through the land of plaintiff; that the washing of the ores rendered its waters unfit for use, the mud and dirt caused thereby making the waters of the branch dirty, filthy, etc., and has so filled the branch with mud and dirt that, in the summer season, the water ceases to run, and during…