Bridgeview Coal Co. v. Burchinal’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
July 1985
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · Smith v. Glen Alden Coal Co. · Commonwealth v. Fitzmartin · Fifth Mutual Building Society of Manayunk's Appeal · Penman v. Jones
Most-quoted passages
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““all that the plaintiff, Bridgeview Coal Company, ever acquired from B. was a mere contractual license to strip mine the coal. This license to strip was not an estate in the land, and could only be operative as between the parties to the contract; and then only if B. should ever acquire title to the [5-foot vein] in the future. Since there is little likelihood of B. [sic] ever acquiring title to the [5-foot vein] in the existing circumstances, thus giving rise to the doctrine of estoppel, we may only conclude that the plaintiff has no right to strip the [5-foot vein] as against the defendant. The plaintiff’s remedy, if it seeks one, must of necessity be against B.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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