Hess v. Vinton Colliery Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 74, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Indiana Co., Dec. T., 1911; No. 254, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of S. W. Hess v. Vinton Colliery Company. Trespass to recover damages for injury to a water power and mill property. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdiet for plaintiffs for $2,656.25 and judgment thereon.
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Appeal, No. 74, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Indiana Co., Dec. T., 1911; No. 254, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of S. W. Hess v. Vinton Colliery Company. Trespass to recover damages for injury to a water power and mill property. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdiet for plaintiffs for $2,656.25 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. > Errors assigned were in permitting plaintiff to amend his statement of claim and rulings on evidence referred to in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Potter,
This was an action of trespass brought by D. W. Brendlinger and S. W: Hess against the Yinton Colliery Company, to recover damages for injury to a'water power and mill property, alleged to have resulted from the deposit by defendant of refuse matter and foreign substances in *82a stream. In the original statement of claim filed, it was averred that D. W. Brendlinger, one of the plaintiffs, was the owner of a water power grist mill, with a mill dam and race, and some eighteen acres of ground, twelve of which were covered with water, situated on Blacklick creek in East…
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