Shenandoah Borough v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

These appeals involve the right of the court below to enter judgment n.o.v. Each plaintiff sought to recover damages in an action of trespass against the City of Philadelphia, Trustee under the Will of Stephen Girard, Deceased, sustained as a result of a subsidence affecting a nine block area over Indian Ridge Colliery in Shenandoah. The defendant owned certain mining property in Schuylkill County known as Kehley’s Run Colliery, which is adjacent to the Borough of Shenandoah.

Indian Ridge Colliery had not been actively mined for many years prior to March 1¡., 191/0…