Jackson v. Gunton
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, Feb. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Sullivan Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 51, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. W. Jackson and Blanch W. Sturdevant, Trustees, for the Devisees of George D. Jackson, Administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of George D. Jackson, Deceased, v. Walter B. Gunton. Trespass to recover damages for the unlawful mining of coal on the plaintiff’s land. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,404. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 16, Feb. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Sullivan Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 51, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. W. Jackson and Blanch W. Sturdevant, Trustees, for the Devisees of George D. Jackson, Administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of George D. Jackson, Deceased, v. Walter B. Gunton. Trespass to recover damages for the unlawful mining of coal on the plaintiff’s land. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,404. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned sufficiently appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. The amendment was improperly allowed: Bank v. Israel, 6…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
In their first .statement the plaintiffs declared that the defendant broke and entered their close, “ that is to say, a certain coal mine or vein of coal,” described by metes and bounds, and mined and removed therefrom 3,500 tons of coal of the value of $1,750, and converted the same to his use, without the consent of the owners, the defendant then1 and there well knowing that the close and the coal therein were not his property, but that the coal was the exclusive property of the plaintiffs. The statement concluded as follows : “ And other wrongs to the said plaintiffs…
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