McKean Natural Gas Co. v. Wolcott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 133, Jan. T., 1916, by defendants, from decree of C. P. McKean Co., Feb. T., 1914, No. 3, in equity, awarding an injunction in case of McKean Natural Gas Company v. C. A. Wolcott and Alice F. Wolcott. Bill in equity for injunction to restrain a .lessor-from enforcing a forfeiture. Before Heck, P. J. . The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 133, Jan. T., 1916, by defendants, from decree of C. P. McKean Co., Feb. T., 1914, No. 3, in equity, awarding an injunction in case of McKean Natural Gas Company v. C. A. Wolcott and Alice F. Wolcott. Bill in equity for injunction to restrain a .lessor-from enforcing a forfeiture. Before Heck, P. J. . The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The lower court entered a decree restraining defendants from enforcing the forfeiture and repossessing themselves of the premises. Defendants appealed. Error assigned, among others, was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is a bill in equity to restrain defendants as lessors from repossessing themselves of premises embraced in an oil and gas lease, for an alleged forfeiture of the lease.
Defendants were in 1901 and still are the owners of one hundred and twenty acres of land in McKean *325County; and that year executed a lease thereof to one James H. Waring for oil and gas purposes, which was afterwards assigned to and is now held by plaintiff.
The term of said lease was ten years from the date, thereof, “and so long thereafter as oil or gas can be produced in paying quantities or…
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