House of Refuge v. J. T. Dyer Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 81, Oct. T:, 1909, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., Dec. T., 1906, No. 175, on bill in equity, in case of House of Refuge v. John T. Dyer Company et al. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree awarding an injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblad y, J.,
The complainants, a number of property owners, filed this bill in equity against the defendant, an incorporated quarrying company, whose business is conducted in the immediate vicinity of their properties, in order to restrain it from blasting in its quarries before seven o’clock in the *322morning; and to prevent such excessive blasting with dynamite as had produced certain violent vibrations and concussions that had jarred their grounds and injured their buildings, and had cast upon their premises and over a public highway a large quantity of stones, earth, etc. An answer…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sullivan v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Evans v. Reading Chemical Fertilizing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Gavigan v. Atlantic Refining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Sullivan v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Kiser v. H. S. Kerbaugh, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
3Cited by1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. Glasgow Quarry, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976