Patterson v. United Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 41, Oct. T., 1918, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. Yenango Co., Nov. T., 1918, No. 4, dismissing bill in equity in case of David L. Patterson, Jr., Stuart Y. Patterson, May P. Marion, Edna' P. Farrar and Agnes L. Patterson, heirs at law of David L. Patterson, deceased, v. United Natural Gas Company. Bill in equity for an injunction, forfeiture of oil and gas lease, and for an accounting.
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Appeal, No. 41, Oct. T., 1918, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. Yenango Co., Nov. T., 1918, No. 4, dismissing bill in equity in case of David L. Patterson, Jr., Stuart Y. Patterson, May P. Marion, Edna' P. Farrar and Agnes L. Patterson, heirs at law of David L. Patterson, deceased, v. United Natural Gas Company. Bill in equity for an injunction, forfeiture of oil and gas lease, and for an accounting. From the record it appeared that plaintiffs’ predecessor in title by two leases, one executed 1901, and the other in 1905, leased an undivided one-half interest in oil and gas in two adjoining…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
It is quite manifest that the one and only purpose of the proceeding was to obtain a decree cancelling the several leases under which the defendant holds these premises, on the ground of forfeiture, to the end that the right of entry might be regained by the appellants. It is true that the parties stand toward each other in a two-fold relation with respect to the premises which are the subject of the controversy; by virtue of the leases they stand in the relation of landlord and tenant; by virtue of a *23subsequent conveyance to the defendant or his predecessors in…
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