Gordon Ice Co. v. Reading Co.

Houck, J.,

In this case the plaintiff corporation, which was engaged in the business of harvesting and selling ice, sues the defendant corporation to recover damages for the destruction of ice and for the destruction of its business. The statement alleges that the plaintiff is the owner and is in possession of a tract of land in the Borough of Gordon, Schuylkill County, on which land is a running stream of fresh spring water; that the plaintiff embarked in the natural ice business on or about Nov. 18, 1916, and built a dam upon the said' stream, together with storage houses in which to store…