MOORE v. MOBIL OIL CO.


331 Pa.Super. 241 (1984)

480 A.2d 1012

Russell G. and Dorothy MOORE, Samuel A. and Eleanor Lewis, Charles F. and Mary Dolby, Robert J. and Evelyn Parson, James E. and Patricia Burkholder, and Mary B. Larsen v. MOBIL OIL COMPANY, Elmer K. Custer, Jr., Russell A. Custer and Irvin Custer, Individually A/T/A Custer's Garage and Custer's Garage, Inc. Appeal of MOBIL OIL COMPANY. Joseph CARLIN and Dorothy Carlin v. MOBIL OIL COMPANY and Elmer K. Custer, Jr., Russell A. Custer and Irvin E. Custer, Individually and T/A Custer's Garage and Custer's Garage, Inc. Appeal of MOBILE OIL COMPANY. Donald L. and Marlene F. BIEBER v. Elmer K. CUSTER, Jr., Russel A. Custer, and Irvin E. Custer, (Individuals), Custer's Garage, Inc. (A Corporation Organized Under the Laws of Pennsylvania), and Mobil Oil Company (A Corporation Organized Under the Laws of New York). Appeal of MOBIL OIL COMPANY. Joseph and Lois WHITMAN and Yolanda Duke v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION and Elmer K. Custer, Jr., Russel A. Custer and Irvin Custer, Individually A/T/A Custer's Garage and Custer's Garage, Inc. Appeal of MOBIL OIL CORPORATION. Russell G. MOORE, Dorothy Moore, Samuel A. Lewis, Eleanor Lewis, Charles F. Dolby, Mary Dolby, Robert J. Parson, Evelyn Parson, James E. Burkholder, Patricia K. Burkholder and Mary B. Larsen v. MOBIL OIL COMPANY and Elmer K. Custer, Jr., Russell A. Custer, Irvin Custer, Individually and Trading as Custer's Garage and Custer's Garage, Inc. Appeal of Elmer K. CUSTER, Jr., Russell A. Custer, Irvin E. Custer and Custer's Garage, Inc. Joseph CARLIN and Dorothy Carlin v. MOBIL OIL COMPANY and Elmer K. Custer, Jr., Russell A. Custer, Irvin Custer, Individually and Custer's Garage and Custer's Garage, Inc. Appeal of Elmer K. CUSTER, Jr., Russell A. Custer, Irvin E. Custer and Custer's Garage, Inc. Donald L. and Marlene F. BIEBER v. MOBIL OIL COMPANY and Elmer K. Custer, Jr., Russell A. Custer, Irvin Custer, Individually and Trading as Custer's Garage and Custer's Garage, Inc. Appeal of Elmer K. CUSTER, Jr., Russell A. Custer, Irvin E. Custer and Custer's Garage, Inc. Joseph and Lois WHITMAN and Yolanda Duke v. MOBIL OIL COMPANY, Elmer K. Custer, Jr., Russell A. Custer, Irvin Custer, Individually and Trading as Custer's Garage and Custer's Garage, Inc. Appeal of Elmer K. CUSTER, Jr., Russell A. Custer, Irvin E. Custer and Custer's Garage, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Moore, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant (at Nos. 2259, 2260, 2261 and 2262) and for appellee (at Nos. 2269, 2270, 2271 and 2272).

William H. Kinkead, III, Norristown, for appellants (at Nos. 2269, 2270, 2271 and 2272) and for appellees (at Nos. 2259, 2260, 2261 and 2262).

Mark D. Turetsky, Norristown, for appellees Moore, Lewis, Dolby, Parson, Burkholder, Larsen, Whitman and Duke.

Before ROWLEY, POPOVICH and MONTGOMERY, JJ.


MONTGOMERY, Judge:

The instant appeal arises from an Order by the lower court, sitting en banc, which denied the Appellants' exceptions to a Decree Nisi. The lower court adopted the Chancellor's Decree Nisi as its Final Decree. This action was initiated by the Appellee landowners to seek equitable relief as the result of the contamination of the Appellees' ground water supplies.

The factual record, which is substantial in this case, shows the following:

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