Emerald Coal & Coke Co. v. Equitable Gas Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Arnold,

This is a bill in equity brought by the plaintiffs to obtain injunctive and other equitable relief against the defendant-appellant Gas Company, because of its storage of natural gas in strata directly underlying portions of plaintiffs’ active coal mining areas and *593mined-out or gob areas connected therewith. The gas is injected under pipe line pressure of 980 pounds per square inch and the storage in question is known as the Pratt Pool.

The complaint asserts, inter alia, that the plaintiffs operate two large electrically mechanized underground coal mines in Greene…