McClaren v. Citizens' Oil & Gas Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 137, April T., 1900, by defendant in suit of Alexander McClaren against William A. Zalin et al., trading as Citizens’ Oil & Gas Company, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., June T., 1898, No. 57, in favor of plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Assumpsit for gas rental under an oil and gas lease. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal, No. 137, April T., 1900, by defendant in suit of Alexander McClaren against William A. Zalin et al., trading as Citizens’ Oil & Gas Company, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., June T., 1898, No. 57, in favor of plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Assumpsit for gas rental under an oil and gas lease. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The court below entered judgment in favor of plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense for $408. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was entering judgment in favor of…
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Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
This action was brought against the defendants as surviving partners trading as the Citizens’ Oil & Gas Company. The affidavit of defense admits to be true the averments contained in the first, second, third and fourth paragraphs of plaintiff’s statement. The paragraphs in question substantially aver the following facts: That the plaintiff, on November 25, 1890, by agreement in writing, leased unto Thomas A. Book, for the sole and only purpose of drilling and operating for oil or gas, a certain tract of land in Lawrence county. The covenants of the lessee which are…
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