Sturdevant v. Thomson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 117, Jan. T., 1924, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Sullivan Co., Sept. T., 1919, No. 6, for defendant on case tried by the court without a jury, in case of Blanche W. Sturdevant and P. P. Sturdevant, Trustees for the devisees of George D. Jackson, deceased, and Blanche W. Sturdevant, administratrix d. b. n. c. t. a. of George D. Jackson, deceased, v. Rush J. Thomson, surviving administrator and trustee of the estate of Josiah Jackson, deceased.
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Appeal, No. 117, Jan. T., 1924, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Sullivan Co., Sept. T., 1919, No. 6, for defendant on case tried by the court without a jury, in case of Blanche W. Sturdevant and P. P. Sturdevant, Trustees for the devisees of George D. Jackson, deceased, and Blanche W. Sturdevant, administratrix d. b. n. c. t. a. of George D. Jackson, deceased, v. Rush J. Thomson, surviving administrator and trustee of the estate of Josiah Jackson, deceased. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine title to culm. Before Smith, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaffer,
Under a mining lease for a term of ten years with appellants’ predecessors in title, W. B. Gunton mined coal from a tract of land in Sullivan County. In conducting his operations, a culm bank of considerable extent was created, one-fourth of which rested on the land demised and three-fourths on adjoining unseated land, title to which was in a third person. The culm represented the coal mined, which passed through a screen with a mesh of one-eighth of an inch; for that which passed over such screen Gunton paid a royalty to the lessors, while for that passing…
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