Smith v. Pittston Company

This is an action brought by Ballard Smith, plaintiff, to recover of the Pittston Company, defendant, damages for injury resulting from the maintenance and operation of a coal preparation plant by the defendant. The motion for judgment alleged that defendant, in the operation of the plant, engaged in washing, crushing and processing coal, caused smoke, soot, dust, cinders, ashes, and other waste substances to be emitted from the smokestacks of the said plant, which settling upon the land of the plaintiff, tainted the atmosphere and his water supply, rendered his dwelling and outbuildings…