Legal Opinion
Proctor v. Sagamore Big Game Club
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 24, 1959No. 12715PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEEL, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment for defendants.
At stake is the ownership and right to possession of natural gas underlying unseated lands1 known as Warrant 5343 in Elk County, Pennsylvania. A discovery well completed in April 1953 and seven subsequent wells, the last of which was completed in September 1954, demonstrated that these lands had substantial value because of the existence of subsurface natural gas in commercial quantities. The present action followed.
Plaintiffs claim to be either the legal or equitable owners of the natural gas underlying and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Engl v. ætna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Dubin Paper Co. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Wagner v. Somerset County Memorial Park, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Rockwell v. Warren CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Powell v. LantzySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Robin Construction Company, a Corporation of New Jersey, Richard D. Masia and Judith Masia v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Emanuel M. Glaros, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. H.H. Robertson Company, Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Lennard L. MeadCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Leopold W. Mahler and Helen E. Mahler, His Wife, and Bertha Ebertsheim v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Johns Hopkins University v. HuttonDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1968
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