People's Gas Co. v. Tyner
Indiana Supreme Court
31 N.E. 59 (Ind. 1892)
Relevant factsFree
People's Gas dug a well roughly 200 feet from Tyner's house and brought a large, statutorily banned quantity of nitroglycerin into the city intending to explode it in the well, with evidence suggesting an explosion could destroy life and property within a 500-yard radius that would include Tyner's home, prompting Tyner to seek an injunction.
IssueFree
Whether a landowner may erect and maintain a nuisance on his land, whereby his neighbors are injured, in order to extract minerals from the land.