Enterprise Transit Co. v. Hazelwood Oil Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 66, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. McKean Co., June T., 1896, No. 322, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Enterprise Transit Company v. Hazelwood Oil Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries resulting from the drilling of an oil land on plaintiff’s land. Before Morrison, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 66, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. McKean Co., June T., 1896, No. 322, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Enterprise Transit Company v. Hazelwood Oil Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries resulting from the drilling of an oil land on plaintiff’s land. Before Morrison, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Defendant’s points were as follows: 2. The construction of a wire fence which does not enclose anything and without the knowledge of the defendant, and the removal of the same by the defendant, as soon as it had knowledge does not…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Plaintiff is the owner of lot 162 and defendant the owner of lot 163 in warrant 4008 in the township- of Foster, in the county of McKean. “ By stipulation between counsel for the respective parties, it is admitted that the legal title to lot 162 is in the plaintiff and to lot 163 in the defendant.” The southern boundary of 162 is the northern boundary of 163. Defendant bored an oil well in the neighborhood of this boundary line. Plaintiff claimed that it was north of the defendant’s northern line and defendant, that it was south of plaintiff’s southern line. No artificial…
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