Legal Opinion
Orner v. T. W. Phillips Gas & Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 26, 1960No. Appeals, 158, 159, 160 and 161PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bell,
Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in equity to cancel or alter a written gas and oil lease entered into between Sarah E. Orner and A. L. Orner, * her husband, and the Phillips Gas & Oil Company, on the grounds of fraud and material misrepresentations made by an agent of defendant, A. R. Burns, just prior to the execution of the lease. The Chancellor after hearing evidence and aided by the verdict of a jury dismissed the complaint.
In 1931 A. L. Orner purchased a tract of land containing 95 acres and title was placed in the name of his wife, Sarah E. Orner. Mrs.…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Evans v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Speier v. MichelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- O'Brien v. O'BrienSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Eways v. Reading Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
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3Cited by19 opinions
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