Collison v. Philadelphia Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 12, Oct. T., 1911, by-plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Feb. Term, 1910, No. 492, on verdict for defendant in case of Thomas A. Collison v. Philadelphia Company. Ejectment for land in Franklin township. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 12, Oct. T., 1911, by-plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Feb. Term, 1910, No. 492, on verdict for defendant in case of Thomas A. Collison v. Philadelphia Company. Ejectment for land in Franklin township. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for plaintiff. A contract is to be construed in reference to the time when it was made and to contemporaneous circumstances, objects and purposes of the parties: Harton’s Est., 213 Pa. 499; Perry v. Payne,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The rights of the defendant company in this case are based upon the language of a conveyance executed by Albert F. Dible to J. N. Pew on July 24, 1883. In consideration of the sum of $600, and one-eighth of all oil produced, the grantor conveyed unto the grantee the right to the oil and gas underlying a tract of land consisting of about thirty-five acres. He also conveyed the right to lay down and maintain upon and across said land, pipe lines, conduits and other means of conveyance for oil and gas, and gave the right to transport oil or gas by any means whatever…
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