Johnston v. Price
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 217, Oct. T., 1895, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Butler County, September Term, 1894, No. 1, on demurrer for defendants. Bill in equity for discovery and an account. The bill averred that plaintiffs and defendants were tenants in common of a lease for oil and gas purposes of six acres of land in Adams township.
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Appeal, No. 217, Oct. T., 1895, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Butler County, September Term, 1894, No. 1, on demurrer for defendants. Bill in equity for discovery and an account. The bill averred that plaintiffs and defendants were tenants in common of a lease for oil and gas purposes of six acres of land in Adams township. The bill further averred: That after the execution and delivery of said lease it was agreed by the plaintiffs and defendants that the same should be tested and developed, and plaintiffs were employed and engaged to drill two wells on said lease for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
Upon the facts set out in the bill in equity in this case it would be difficult to conceive of a more appropriate case for equitable cognizance than this. The plaintiffs and 'defendants were the owners as tenants in common of an oil lease, and they were partners in the machinery and appliances for developing the oil, and in the business of mining and selling the oil produced from the well. Their respective individual interests both in the lease and in the machinery and business, are fully and precisely set out in the bill. The necessary machinery and appliances…
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