Ruttledge v. Kress

Citations

• 17 Pa. Super. 490
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 342

Syllabus

<p>Mines and mining — Quarrying on another's land — Treble damages — Act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 142.</p> <p>The Act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 142, imposing treble damages upon any person mining or digging out “ any coal, iron or other minerals, knowing the same to be upon the lands of another,” applies to the act of digging and carrying away building stone from an open quarry on the surface of the ground.</p>