Schlichtkrull v. Mellon-Pollock Oil Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

Three tenants in common, plaintiffs in this case, owned a small farm in Pine Township, Allegheny County, containing about nine acres; having thereon a frame house with a water well under the kitchen. In 1920, oil was discovered on an adjoining property and drilling operations were begun. The same year defendant took several leases on adjacent land, and acquired also the right to enter on the plaintiffs’ farm, and did construct the well known as Aronson No. 1. During the three years succeeding, several others were opened in close proximity by different prospectors,…