Hetrick v. Apollo Gas Co.

CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant/appellee, Apollo Gas Company. For the reasons appearing below, we affirm.

The events underlying the instant appeal began in May of 1917, when Clara Niel, a predecessor in title to an estate in land currently owned by plaintiffs/appellants, James and Clara Hetrick, entered into a drilling agreement with Ma-honing Gas and Oil Company (hereinafter “Mahoning”). 1 Cast in the form of an oil and gas lease, the document signed on May 3, 1917, gave Mahoning the right to drill wells and extract oil and gas…