Legal Opinion
Glen Alden Coal Company Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 24, 1944No. Appeals, 92, 93, and 94PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Horace Stern,
On this appeal the City of Scranton denies its liability to pay damages for coal required to be left in place for the support of land taken in the improvement and relocation of certain state highways within the boundaries of the city. It also questions the constitutionality of the State Mining Commission legislation of 1935, 1937 and 1941.
In pursuance of the Acts of June 22,1931, P. L. 720, and July 12, 1935, P. L. 793, the Department of Highways prepared plans, subsequently approved by the Governor, for the widening and improvement as state highways of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MoirSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Smith v. Glen Alden Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Penn Gas Coal Co. v. Versailles Fuel Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Kelley v. CantrellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Carroll's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Carpentertown Coal & Coke Co. v. LairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Schuster v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Resources v. Borough of CarlisleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Hetherington v. McHaleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Williams v. Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
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