Ray v. Luce

MILLER, P.J.,

The court is called upon to determine whether a deed reservation of some oil and gas interest was a reservation of a royalty interest or mineral interest.

This is an action for declaratory judgment and partition. Before the court for disposition at this point is the declaratory-judgment action.

FACTS

Plaintiffs Lenore Ray and Wanda Walker are the owners of land in Troy Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Plaintiff Mark Resources entered into an oil and gas lease with Lenore Ray and Wanda Walker on March 24, 1988. Defendants, whose exact identity and whereabouts are unknown, are…