Trustees of the Proprietors v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 373, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1910, No. 486, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Tbe Trustees of tbe Proprietors of Kingston v. Tbe Lebigb Valley Coal Company. Trespass to recover damages for coal unlawfully mined and converted to defendant’s use.
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Appeal, No. 373, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1910, No. 486, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Tbe Trustees of tbe Proprietors of Kingston v. Tbe Lebigb Valley Coal Company. Trespass to recover damages for coal unlawfully mined and converted to defendant’s use. Before Strauss, J. The action was brought on July 15, 1910. Defendant’s thirteenth and fourteenth points for charge, with the court’s answers thereto, were as follows: “13. Under all the evidence the plaintiff is not entitled to recover for any coal mined by defendant prior to July…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
This is an action of trespass to recover in damages the value of coal unlawfully mined and converted to its own use by the defendant company. The subject matter is a *472small tract of land set apart by the original Connecticut settlers for certain purposes of a quasi public nature. In 1821 a committee representing the original settlers, or what was known as the Proprietors of Kingston, leased the tract in question to John Bennett for the term of 999 years, reserving a nominal annual rental. In 1822 The Trustees of the Proprietors of Kingston was created a corporation…
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