Coolspring Stone Supply, Inc. v. County of Fayette

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

Coolspring Stone Supply, Inc. (Coolspr-ing) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County (trial court) denying its motion for judgment on the pleadings and finding that real estate taxes imposed on its leasehold interests in subsurface limestone were appropriate.

Coolspring operates a limestone quarry in North Union Township on property that it leases. It conducts its mining pursuant to two mining permits issued to it by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Coolspring has conducted underground mining at the site for…