Legal Opinion
Sustrik v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 18, 1959No. Appeal, No. 235PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
The plaintiffs, Mike Sustrik and wife, are the owners by entireties, of coal bearing property in West Pike Run Township, Washington County. Their land adjoins similar property of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation on which the company had conducted a mining operation. The subsurface boundary line between the two properties however had not been located on the vein of coal. In this action of trespass (quare clausum fregit for the taking of coal, brought under §6 of the Act of April 20, 1846, P. L. 411, 12 PS §1442) the evidence was that the defendant by careless mining…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Yarnall v. Yorkshire Worsted MillsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Baumgartner v. WhinneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
3Cited by25 opinions
- Tiernan v. DevoeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Bearoff v. Bearoff Bros., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Sustrik v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Laurel Bank and Trust Co. v. BurnsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- School District v. Framlau Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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