Mercur v. State Line & Sullivan Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 417, by Bernice W. Jackson, one of the defendants, and Appeal No. 418, Jan. T., 1894, by The State Line and Sullivan Railroad Company, another defendant, from decree of C. P. Sullivan Co., Feb. T., 1882, No. 1, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to ascertain the quantity and value of coal mined by one of several tenants in common.
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Appeal, No. 417, by Bernice W. Jackson, one of the defendants, and Appeal No. 418, Jan. T., 1894, by The State Line and Sullivan Railroad Company, another defendant, from decree of C. P. Sullivan Co., Feb. T., 1882, No. 1, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to ascertain the quantity and value of coal mined by one of several tenants in common. Before Sittsbr, J. From the record it appeared that George D. Jackson died on November 23, 1879, seized of the legal title of about 102 acres of land in Cherry township. Josiah S. Jackson, with his two sons, the said George D. Jackson and B. Rush Jackson,…
1Opinion of the Court
THE STATE LINE AND STJLLIVAN E. JR. CO.’S APPEAL.
Opinion bv
Mr. Justice Williams,
This appeal brings before us a voluminous record but the questions presented by it are neither numerous nor complicated. The important facts are not in controversy, and appear fully in the report of the learned master. His findings have been reviewed and concurred in by the learned judge who presided at the final heftring.
From these findings it appears that the title to the tract of coal land in controversy was held by George D. Jackson at the time of his death in 1879. He held for himself as owner of an undivided…
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