Campbell v. Bessemer Coke Co.

Citations

• 23 Pa. Super. 374
• 1903 Pa. Super. LEXIS 76

Syllabus

<p>Damages — Coke ovens — Injury to real estate.</p> <p>Where a person erects coke ovens in a village, and the smoke, vapor and acid fumes from the ovens injure a dwelling house erected in the village prior to the construction of the ovens, the owner of the dwelling house is entitled to damages from the owner of the coke ovens for the injuries received.</p> <p>The manufacture of coke by a corporation on its own land from coal produced by it on land in the vicinity is not the natural and necessary use of its own property for the development of its own resources within the rule laid down in Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Sanderson, 1X3 Pa. 126.</p>