National Forge Co. v. Carlson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

This appeal arises from a final decree in equity entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Warren County. The facts are as follows:

On February 1, 1963, the commissioners of Warren County, as trustees of the Rouse Estate, executed an oil and gas lease covering 650 acres situate in Broken-straw Township and Youngsville Borough to M. E. Freeman and R. L. Cotton, doing business as Freeman and Cotton. Subsequently, the lease was assigned twice —first, to Oscar W. Hogsett and then, on December 12, 1969, from Hogsett to A. W. Carlson, A. W. Hughes, G. R. Christensen and…