Iseman v. Joe F. Sherman Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

This is an action to quiet plaintiffs’ title to certain coal against defendant’s claim of a leasehold interest therein. Prom a welter of criminations and recriminations between the parties there emerges an established legal principle which, when applied to the facts, points to the proper determination of this controversy.

In 1937 Robert R. Hodgson sold and conveyed to the Pennsylvania Game Commission the surface rights in 1113.8 acres of land in Malioning Township, Armstrong County, said tract being thenceforth known as Game Lands No. 137; Hodgson…