Legal Opinion

Williams v. Haile Gold Mining Co.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided February 17, 1910No. 7437PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Before Gage, J., Kershaw, December, 1908. Action by Emma E. Williams against Haile Gold Mining Company Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Former judgment of easement competent: 46 S. C., 43. Injunction indefinite: 80 S. C., 47. Consideration of injury to public: 81 S. C., 554; 49 S. C., 95. Rental value is measure of damages: Maner v. Wilson, 16 S. C., Rabb v. Patterson, 42 S. C.; 21 Ency., 727; 49 S. C., 95. Record of another case not competent: 46…

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Before Gage, J., Kershaw, December, 1908. Action by Emma E. Williams against Haile Gold Mining Company Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Former judgment of easement competent: 46 S. C., 43. Injunction indefinite: 80 S. C., 47. Consideration of injury to public: 81 S. C., 554; 49 S. C., 95. Rental value is measure of damages: Maner v. Wilson, 16 S. C., Rabb v. Patterson, 42 S. C.; 21 Ency., 727; 49 S. C., 95. Record of another case not competent: 46 S. C., 43; 73 S. C., 545. Issues properly sent to jury: Code of Proc., 274, 275, 288; 17 S. C., 34; 72 S. C, 576; 35 S.…

1Opinion of the Court

February 17, 1910. The opinion of the Court was delivered by About the year 1879, the defendant engaged in gold mining on a stream which flows through plaintiff's lands below. At first the ore was reduced by stamp mills, some four or five years later by crushing or roller mills, the tailings from which were carried into the stream. About the year 1888, the defendant installed what is known as the "chlorination process," which consists in treating the finely pulverized ore with chlorine, resulting from the chemical action of sulphuric acid on chloride of lime. The tailings from this process…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Threatt v. Brewer Mining Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1897
  2. Boyd v. Winnsboro Granite Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
  3. Mason v. Apalache MillsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
  4. McDaniel v. WalkerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1896

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Conestee Mills v. City of GreenvilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1931
  2. Town of Estill v. ClarkeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
  3. Davis v. Palmetto Quarries Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1948
  4. Town of Ninety Six v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
  5. Williams v. Haile Gold Mining Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911

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