Pringle v. Vesta Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 170, Oct. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Washington Co., May T., 1894, No. 192, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for injuries to surface as the result of removal of coal.
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Appeal, No. 170, Oct. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Washington Co., May T., 1894, No. 192, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for injuries to surface as the result of removal of coal. Before McIlvaine, P. J. Plaintiff averred in his statement as follows: Said plaintiff is the owner of a tract of surface land, containing about fifty-one acres, and overlying the coal works or mines of the defendant, in Allen township, Washington county, Pa., on which tract of land, prior to the committing of the trespasses hereinafter complained of, there were a well and three never-failing…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The subjects of complaint in the first three specifications of error, are the affirmance of plaintiff’s requests for charge recited therein respectively.
The testimony, properly before the jury, tended to prove the facts of which these three propositions are severally predicated, and, having been submitted to them in a clear, correct and comprehensive charge, their verdict necessarily implies a finding of said facts substantially as stated. As to the law involved in these propositions, it is scarcely necessary to say that it has been well settled in a line of cases, commencing with…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jones v. WagnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Coleman v. ChadwickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
- Carlin & Co. v. ChappelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- Horner v. WatsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
3Cited by16 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Berkey v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Youghiogheny River Coal Co. v. Allegheny National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Stilley v. Pittsburgh-Buffalo Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
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