Robinson v. Boynton Coal Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 60, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Somerset Co., Sept. T., 1912, No. 294, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Elizabeth Robinson v. Boynton Coal Company. Trespass for injuries to surface.
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Appeal, No. 60, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Somerset Co., Sept. T., 1912, No. 294, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Elizabeth Robinson v. Boynton Coal Company. Trespass for injuries to surface. Before Ruppel, P. J. The court charged in part as follows: The plaintiff, Mrs. Robinson, brought this suit to recover damages to her property, and she alleges that this defendant company mined and took away some coal from under the surface of her little lot of ground over in Elk Lick township, and thereby caused the surface to break and subside and cave in, and that that did…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
Margaret Mull conveyed to Elizabeth Robinson the *179surface soil of a certain tract of land. The deed contained the following clause: “reserving all the coal, limestone, iron ore, fire clay, coal oil, gas and any and all other minerals and mineral substances, whether solid or liquid, lying and being in, upon or under the surface soil of said land, with the right and privilege of entering upon said land at any time for the purpose of prospecting, mining, excavating and removing by the most convenient method, any and all of said minerals and mineral substances, solid or…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Graff Furnace Co. v. Scranton Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Stilley v. Pittsburgh-Buffalo Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Dignan v. Altoona Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Koch v. HinkleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- Charnetski v. Miners Mills Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921