Sophia Booth v. the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Terminal Railroad Company

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the lower court's judgment, holding that a railroad corporation is not immune from liability for damage caused by blasting on its own land and that liability requires a showing of negligence. The court affirmed that the use of explosives, when the only practicable method and performed with due care, does not constitute a private nuisance.