Harris v. Susquehanna Collieries Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Frazer,

Plaintiffs, in their bill filed May 17, 1926, seek to recover compensation and injunctive relief for averred damages received from silt or fine dust carried by wind from defendant’s culm banks to and upon their greenhouses. The facts found by the chancellor are substantially as follows: The three plaintiffs in 1897, as copartners, engaged in the raising and culture of flowers in Coal Township, Northumberland County. They erected a greenhouse in 1897, a second in 1901 and a third in 1903, all closely grouped. 'Defendant’s colliery, referred to in the…