Erwin v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation

Haymond, Judge:

The plaintiffs, A. Philip Erwin, Agnes B. Erwin, John J. Erwin and J. Paul Erwin, owners of a tract of land of approximately 49.21 acres in Fairmont District, Marion County, except certain underlying veins of coal and mineral, in this action of trespass on the case instituted in the circuit court of that county in the early part of 1949, seek to recover from the defendants, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Industrial Collieries Corporation and Bethlehem Collieries Corporation, damages in the amount of $10,-000.00 for injuries caused to their surface by the defendants in failing to…