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Show N OTELTD AMA6L: SUIT GOES TO TRIAL t SOMERSET, Pa., May 29. The suit of Mra. Aaititv E. Ott of Paint town-ship town-ship to recover $1,000,000 from the Ber wind-White' Coal Mining eompanr for alleged damages to her farm, ia scheduled sched-uled to go to trial hero totdav. There ia widespread intereet in the litigation for the reason that many other eases of a similar nature will b tried should the Ott ease prove ucceasfu). Ia the bill of particular filed br Mrs. Ott; it is alleged that tome years ago a former owner sold the "D" or Miller seam of coal ander the farm of 2 iK) arrea to a concern owned by the defendant company, and that the plain tiff haa reason to believe that tbe company did not mine the seam of coal it purchased, bat another seam, . For this alleged trespass, treble damages are a&ked. Mra. Ott also charges that other land was damaged br careless mining and. that valuable apringa have been ruined.' |