Petty v. Equitable Prod., Unpublished Decision (2-24-2006)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellants Dale and Mary Petty appeal the decision of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, which entered judgment in favor of defendants-appellees Anderson and Loretta McGee. The issue is whether the McGees improperly interfered with the Pettys' right to receive free gas when the McGees disconnected a line at a gas well on their property that led to the Pettys' property. For the following reasons, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

{¶ 2} In December 1971, Raymond, Agnes and Harlin Shook entered a Lease Agreement with a gas company. The…