In re Petition of Rodgers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 142, Jan. ,T., 1898, by William B. Rodgers, trading as Tide Coal Company, from order of C. P. Fayette Co., June T., 1898, No. 60, refusing to appoint viewers for lateral railroad. Petition for the appointment of viewers for lateral railroad.
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Appeal, No. 142, Jan. ,T., 1898, by William B. Rodgers, trading as Tide Coal Company, from order of C. P. Fayette Co., June T., 1898, No. 60, refusing to appoint viewers for lateral railroad. Petition for the appointment of viewers for lateral railroad. The facts appear by the opinion of Reppert, J., as follows: This is an application by William B. Rodgers, doing business as the Tide Coal Company, for appointment of viewers for a lateral railroad under the act of 1832, and its supplements, including the act of 1883. The petition was filed March 21,1898, and notice of the intended application…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice McCollum,
The appellant is the lessee and operator of a coal mine abutting on the Monongahela river, and he is also the owner of the Pittsburg or Monongahela seam of bituminous coal underlying 264 acres of land situate some distance from the coal mine above mentioned,andfromtheriveronwhichsaidmineabuts. Between the 264 acres and the coal mine of which the appellant is lessee a portion of a tract of land, containing about 450 acres, intervenes. It is known as the Albany mine, and is owned by Mrs. C. H. Snowden, Mrs. E. S. Hackney and Miss Mary Hogg who have leased it to…
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