McLean County Coal Co. v. Lennon

Citations

• 91 Ill. 561

Syllabus

<p>Measure of damages—trover for taking coal in mine. In trover for coal taken from the land of another and converted, the true measure of damages is the value of the coal at the mouth of the pit or shaft, less the cost of conveying it there from the place where dug or mined, allowing nothing for the digging, or the labor in separating the stone, sulphur, slate and earth' from the coal first broken loose, or in breaking up the large masses, and in brushing the road. The tort-feasor will be allowed nothing for the mining or any other act necessary to the production of the coal as an article of commerce.</p>