Reilly v. Crown Petroleum Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 206, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1905, No. 782, sustaining demurrer in suit of John C. Reilly et al. v. Crown Petroleum Company. Assumpsit to recover mesne profits. The court below, Mo-Clung, J., sustained the demurrer to plaintiffs’ statement of claim. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant, on demurrer.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestbezat,
This is a demurrer to a statement in an action of assumpsit brought to recover $6,818.28, “ the profits of sales of oil belonging to plaintiffs.” The facts upon which the plaintiffs rely to sustain the action appear by the statement to be as follows : The plaintiffs were the owners of an oil and gas lease of sixty acres of land in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. While they were engaged in operating upon the land and producing oil therefrom the defendant company, in July, 1904, entered on the land and began preparations for drilling an oil well. The plaintiffs then…
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