Borough of Shenandoah v. City of Philadelphia

Flood, J.,

The Borough of Shenandoah sued the City of Philadelphia, trustee under the will of Stephen Girard, deceased, in trespass for loss sustained by the borough in the destruction of its sewer pipes and other property under its streets and the reduction of the assessable value of certain other property in the borough. This damage allegedly resulted from the subsidence of the surface of certain territory within the borough, caused by the robbing of underlying pillars of coal left for surface support after earlier mining. This coal is owned by defendant, and it is alleged that the mining…