Bito Bucks in Potter, Inc. v. National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Potter County, sitting in equity, which determined the rights of the respective parties under a right of way agreement over certain private land. The propriety of such determination is now before us.

The facts are as follows. In April of 1973, Richard Way was employed by the appellant, National Fuel Gas Supply Company (National), to gain the necessary right-of-ways and easements over seven miles of private lands in order to lay its proposed pipeline. Mr. Way initiated negotiations with Penn Valley Resorts,…