BARTLETT v. HUME-SINCLAIR COAL MINING COMPANY

No. 23264.

351 S.W.2d 214 (1961)

Linden C. BARTLETT and Alice Bartlett, his wife, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. HUME-SINCLAIR COAL MINING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Kansas City Court of Appeals. Missouri.

November 6, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Belisle & McNabb, Butler, for appellant.

Ewing, Ewing, Ewing, Carter & Wight, Nevada, Mo., for respondents.


CROSS, Judge.

Plaintiff landowners sue defendant coal mining company for damages allegedly resulting from pollution of streams running through their farm lands caused by defendant's mining operations. Defendant appeals from a jury verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiffs in the amount of $1,600.

The allegations of the petition are, in substance, as follows: Plaintiffs, husband and wife, owned a 299 acre farm in Bates County. Two natural streams flowed through...

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