Rolshouse v. Wally
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 204, Oct. T., 1921, by defendants, from decree of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1917, No. 55, on bill in equity, in case of Charles O. P. Rolshouse v. W. C. Wally. Bill in equity for an accounting. Exceptions to report of George J. Kambach, Esq., master. Before Haymaker, J. Decree for plaintiff. Defendants appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Sables,
The plaintiff asked for an accounting from the defendants for profits arising from the operation of oil and gas wells located upon his land and the adjoining property of Swan. An answer5 denied any such liability. After hearing, the chancellor found a partnership relation not only as to the wells mentioned, bnt as to one drilled upon a third property, known as that of Alston. No decree was made, however, which required a settlement of accounts as to the latter well; there could not have been, as the judgment necessarily conformed to the pleadings in the case.…
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