Funk v. Haldeman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an appeal, by A. B. Funk, the complainant below— from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango county, in Equity. In that court Funk filed his bill against Levi Haldeman et al., praying for an injunction to restrain the defendants from interfering with complainant’s working of certain valuable oil tracts leased, as complainant alleged, to him. The defendants alleged a forfeiture by sub-letting. Hon. James Campbell, P. J., granted the special injunction.
Read the full summary
This was an appeal, by A. B. Funk, the complainant below— from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango county, in Equity. In that court Funk filed his bill against Levi Haldeman et al., praying for an injunction to restrain the defendants from interfering with complainant’s working of certain valuable oil tracts leased, as complainant alleged, to him. The defendants alleged a forfeiture by sub-letting. Hon. James Campbell, P. J., granted the special injunction. The defendants filed a cross-bill, alleging that complainant had forfeited his right by sub-letting, and, after answers…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Woodward, C. J.
These cases are a bill in equity and a cross-bill, which are founded upon the respective titles of the parties to valuable oil lands on Oil creek, in Venango county.
The first remarkable feature of the case (for the two bills constitute, essentially, but one case) is the magnitude of the conveyancing that has taken place. Not less than twenty deeds and agreements are presented in our paper-books as bearing more or less directly upon the questions discussed, all of which have been made since 1859, when the right of the present parties…
2Cited by53 opinions
- Rich v. DonegheySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Westmoreland N. Gas Co. v. DeWittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Osborn v. Arkansas Territorial Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Gas Products Co. v. RankinMontana Supreme Court · 1922
- Barnsdall v. Bradford Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
48 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.