Werner v. Hillman Coal & Coke Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

As this case must go back for a rehearing, we will consider only the questions which will necessarily arise at that time, assuming the parties will promptly amend their pleadings so that the other unsubstantial matters, elabonately argued on this appeal, will disappear from the picture. The important facts are as follows:

Plaintiff, who had been prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, filed a bill in equity against nine corporations, which had acted together as the unincorporated Somerset County Coal Operators’ Association, and also against…