Pittsburgh-Texas Gas & Oil Co. v. Adams

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

The parties plaintiff in this action as brought were L. J. Goodwin and Pittsburgh-Texas Gas & Oil Company, a corporation. At the trial the record was amended by eliminating L. J. Goodwin. The suit was in assumpsit. Susan J. Neth was the owner of a tract of land containing 57 acres more or less in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. On February 16, 1920, she entered into an agreement or lease with Montgomery and Murrie, giving them and their successors, heirs and assigns the exclusive *513right to drill for oil on this acreage. Adams became associated with the lessees as…