Lugin v. Dobson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Arnold,

Defendants appeal from a decree in equity refusing affirmative relief but awarding damages for destruction of the individual plaintiffs’ house and lot resulting from subsidence caused by removal of lateral support. A severance as to Stowe Township was granted, and the case proceeded only as to the individual plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs are the owners of a house and lot on the southerly side of Island Avenue in Stowe Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The defendant, Hachmeister Co., Inc., is the owner of land on the northerly side of Island Avenue across from and…