Stamp v. Windsor Power House Coal Company

Browning, President:

This case arises from an action instituted on July 11, 1968, in the Circuit Court of Ohio County by Fred P. and Louise A. Stamp, appellees herein, against the Windsor Power House Coal Company, a corporation, appellant herein.

Appellees purchased a certain 38-acre tract of land in Ohio County in 1954, and resided in a two-story brick house located thereon until October 26, 1966, when surface subsidence forced them to vacate the premises. Appellant is the owner of the Pittsburgh No. 8 seam of coal underlying appellees’ property. Severance of the coal was completed in 1917 by…