Manufacturers Light & Heat Co. v. Lamp
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 190, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1920, No. 946, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Manufacturers Light & Heat Co. v. J. C. Lamp, V. A. Auld and Peoples Natural Gas Co. Bill in equity for specific performance of contract for purchase of natural gas. Before Shaeer, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the bill. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 190, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1920, No. 946, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Manufacturers Light & Heat Co. v. J. C. Lamp, V. A. Auld and Peoples Natural Gas Co. Bill in equity for specific performance of contract for purchase of natural gas. Before Shaeer, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the bill. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, among others, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Sadler,
Lamp and Auld were part owners of certain gas leases. On November 24,1919, they were requested by the Manufacturers Light & Heat Company to sell it the gas which might be produced from wells then being drilled, and to which the company proposed to extend its pipe line. They signed an agreement contracting to dispose of their product at “$.14 per thousand cubic feet during the first year and $.15 per thousand cubic feet during the remainder of the contract to be prepared and executed by us. .....Said contract to be prepared for signature and executed within 10…
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