Legal Opinion
Moffat Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 3, 1960No. Appeals, 84 and 128PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Cohen,
These are appeals from an award of a State Mining Commission convened on the petition of Robert Y. Moffat, appellant in No. 84, under the State Mining Commission Act (Act of July 3, 1941, P.L. 259, amending Act of June 1, 1933, P.L. 1409, 52 PS §1501 et seq.) to determine the amount of coal owned by Moffat necessary to be left in place in order to give lateral and vertical support to certain portions of the Northeastern extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and to award damages for the taking thereof. Diamond Colliery Company, appellant in No. 128, was granted…
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- Glen Alden Coal Company CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
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