Williams v. Fowler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 121, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1901, No. 652, dismissing bill in equity in case of C. M. Williams, H. J. Yerner, J. M. Gruver, C. Ferguson, A. K. Stoughton and B. F. Shamburg, v. Charles T. Fowler, C. P. Caughey, Joseph Summerville and Dr. J. S. Walters. Bill in equity for an injunction and for an account.
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Appeal, No. 121, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1901, No. 652, dismissing bill in equity in case of C. M. Williams, H. J. Yerner, J. M. Gruver, C. Ferguson, A. K. Stoughton and B. F. Shamburg, v. Charles T. Fowler, C. P. Caughey, Joseph Summerville and Dr. J. S. Walters. Bill in equity for an injunction and for an account. The bill alleged: 1. Henry A. Allman on October. 30,1901, leased to plaintiffs for one year, and as long thereafter as oil or gas was found, fifty-eight acres of land in Marshall township, Allegheny county, with the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Brown,
This was manifestly an ejectment bill. Its averments were, that the plaintiffs were entitled to the exclusive possession of the premises in controversy for the purpose of obtaining oil and gas, under a lease dated October 30, 1900; that as the legal lessees of the land, they were ready to enter upon it, for the purpose of exercising their rights under their lease, when they discovered that the defendants were in possession and were about to begin the drilling of a well; that they notified the defendants to remove from the premises; that the defendants pretended to…
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