HUGHES v. EMERALD MINES CORP.


303 Pa.Super. 426 (1982)

450 A.2d 1

John H. HUGHES and Anna Ruth Hughes, his wife, v. EMERALD MINES CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 23, 1982.

Reargument Denied October 7, 1982.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied January 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Cancelmi, Jr., Waynesburg, for appellant.

Eric J. Held, Washington, for appellees.

Before PRICE, JOHNSON and MONTEMURO, JJ.


MONTEMURO, Judge:

The instant action concerns the complaint of landowners that a coal company operating on adjacent property caused the failure of one water-well and the pollution of a second well located on plaintiff-appellees' own land.

A jury found for the plaintiffs in the amount of $32,500, basing their measure of damages on the testimony of a local real estate dealer that the property had been worth $42,500 while served by two wells of pure water and...

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