Commonwealth v. Fitzmartin

376 Pa. 390 (1954)

Commonwealth, Appellant,

v.

Fitzmartin.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued November 18, 1953.

January 12, 1954.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

H.F. Stambaugh, Special Counsel, with him H. Albert Lehrman, and Samuel M. Jackson, Deputy Attorneys General and Frank F. Truscott, Attorney General, for appellant.

Elkins Wetherill, for appellees.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, January 12, 1954:

The Commonwealth filed a bill or complaint in equity to restrain defendants from engaging in strip coal mining on certain lands in Jefferson County owned…