Muntz v. Cottage Hill Land Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., June T., 1908, No. 66, on verdict for defendant in case of Mary K, Muntz v. The Cottage Hill Land Company of Butler, Pa., incorporated. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to a coal mine. Before Galbreath, P. J. ”, The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 120, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., June T., 1908, No. 66, on verdict for defendant in case of Mary K, Muntz v. The Cottage Hill Land Company of Butler, Pa., incorporated. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to a coal mine. Before Galbreath, P. J. ”, The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were to various rulings on evidence and various instructions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
We have carefully examined the twenty-eight assignments *622of error filed in this case and we fail to discover any error in any of them. The case was manifestly for the jury and was submitted in a charge exceptionally clear and comprehensive, directing the attention' of the jury to every question of fact in it. The claim is for injuries caused by flooding a coal mine.
The plaintiff is the owner of fifty acres of land in Butler county under which is the Upper Freeport vein of coal which she and her husband have been operating for many years. The defendant company…
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