Western Coal & Mining Co. v. Randolph

Independent suits were filed against appellant by several plaintiffs, and these cases were consolidated for the purpose of trial. Plaintiffs were owners of small tracts of land in and near the vicinity of the town of Denning in Franklin County. These properties joined, or lay close to, each other. Underlying was á vein of coal owned by the appellant. Suit was brought for damages to the strata overlying the vein of coal on the allegation that in the years 1931 and 1932 the appellant, in mining operations, failed to leave sufficient support, thereby causing the surface of the land to crack and…