Gotshall v. J. Langdon & Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 37, Oct. T., 1900, by-defendant, from judgment of O. P. Northumberland Co., May T., 1898, No. 102, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie L. Got-shall v. J. Langdon & Company, incorporated. Trespass for the alleged mining of coal. Before Savidge, P. J. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and subsequently at the trial the statute of limitations.
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Appeal, No. 37, Oct. T., 1900, by-defendant, from judgment of O. P. Northumberland Co., May T., 1898, No. 102, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie L. Got-shall v. J. Langdon & Company, incorporated. Trespass for the alleged mining of coal. Before Savidge, P. J. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and subsequently at the trial the statute of limitations. At the trial counsel for the plaintiff propose to show by C. W. Gotshall that the plaintiff in this case acquired an equitable title to the property in which the trespass is alleged to have been committed, some time in the year 1885, by a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff brought this action of trespass to recover for divers quantities of coal mined and dug from her land. The time of the alleged trespass is stated as follows: “ That in February, A. D. 1894, or thereabouts, the precise time or date cannot now be accurately given as the plaintiff had no means of knowing, and all information thereof was concealed from her by the said corporation, 'the said defendant, ” and she avers' “ that for many years prior to the grievance she was, and still is, the owner in fee simple of all that certain lot or piece of ground, ” etc.
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