Hicks v. American Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 1, Oct. T., 1904, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Equity Docket No. 475, awarding preliminary injunction in case of Alfred Hicks v. American Natural Gas Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error• assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
The defendant obtained a grant from Peter A. and Margaret Stewart on the 14th of May, 1902, of all the oil and gas under their farm, consisting of 189 acres in Westmoreland county. The grant was in writing duly executed and acknowledged by the parties to it. It stipulated that the gas company should have the right at all times of ingress and egress to drill and operate for oil and gas upon the farm, with the right to conduct all operations, lay all pipes, erect such buildings and tanks as were necessary for the production and transportation of oil and gas—no well to…
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