JACKSON v. EMMONS

No. 157.

176 U.S. 532 (1900)

JACKSON v. EMMONS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1900.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph J. Waters for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William F. Mattingly for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for damages. The ground of it is injuries to the wife of the plaintiff in error, and to his house by blasting rock near the latter.

The allegation is that "by such blasting" the defendant "unlawfully and forcibly, with great and dangerous violence, threw large and heavy pieces of said rocky formation from time to time into the premises . . ...

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