Legal Opinion

Findley v. Warren

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 9, 1914No. Appeal, No. 274PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal, No. 274, Oct. Term, 1913, by plaintiffs and defendants, from decree of 0. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1911, No. 598, in Equity, awarding an injunction and an accounting in case of Mary M. Findley (nee Warren), wife of James T. Findley, Ida A. Findley (nee Warren) wife of Robert E. Findley, and Maggie E. Wolford (nee Warren) wife of Frank Wolford, children of John Warren y.

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Appeal, No. 274, Oct. Term, 1913, by plaintiffs and defendants, from decree of 0. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1911, No. 598, in Equity, awarding an injunction and an accounting in case of Mary M. Findley (nee Warren), wife of James T. Findley, Ida A. Findley (nee Warren) wife of Robert E. Findley, and Maggie E. Wolford (nee Warren) wife of Frank Wolford, children of John Warren y. John Warren, William Munhall, The Forest Oil Company, a corporation and the South Penn Oil Company, a corporation. Bill in equity for an injunction and accounting. Be-' fore Reid, J. The opinion of the Supreme…

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Me. Justice Mesteezat,

We are of opinion that this decree should be vacated and the case be remanded that all the parties in interest may be made parties to the proceeding. The bill was filed by three of five remaindermen to restrain the defendants from the further taking of oil from the premises, for discovery as to the quantity of the oil taken by defendants, and for an accounting for the damage done to the interests of the plaintiffs. The premises were *66devised to the son of the testator for life with remainder to the son’s five children. The life tenant leased the premises to the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Potteiger v. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  2. Hanna, Admr. v. Chester TimesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  3. Philadelphia v. Sulzer's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. Garvin v. Beaver Falls Borough, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Beaver County1927
  5. Kennett v. Naumchuk, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1947

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