Hendler v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

Citations

• 209 Pa. 263
• 58 A. 488
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 603

Syllabus

<p>Railroads—Taking of material for construction—Minerals—Sand—Act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 142—Treble damages.</p> <p>A railroad company cannot be charged with double or treble damages under the Act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 142, for taking common mixed sand for grading and construction purposes, from land over which the company has the right of way.</p> <p>Such sand is not a mineral in the commercial sense intended by that act.</p>