Maryland Coal & Coke Co. v. Gonzales Coal Mining Co.

Fleming, P. J.,

The defendant has obtained a rule upon the plaintiff to show cause why the above judgment should not be opened and the defendant permitted to defend against the plaintiff’s demand.

The plaintiff is a corporation, and for a number of years prior to the happenings in this case had been quite extensively engaged in the bituminous coal fields of central Pennsylvania. At or about the time of the transactions upon which this suit is based, the plaintiff abandoned its activities in the central Pennsylvania field. The defendant is also a corporation, and has been, and still is, engaged…