Coleman v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

Plaintiffs and their predecessor trustee owned the gas and oil rights in some sis and one-half acres of land in Allegheny County, and the Pittsburgh Coal Company was the owner of the coal thereunder. On March 17, 1927, plaintiffs’ predecessor trustee made a written agreement with the Coal Company to provide mutual safeguards in connection with the drilling and operation of gas wells which passed through the defendant’s coal; and the Coal Company agreed to leave a solid block of coal forty feet by forty feet around each well. A producing gas well was drilled and placed in…