New York State Natural Gas Corp. v. Roeder

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Arnold,

This action was begun by a bill in equity in which the plaintiff sought to restrain the defendants, inter alia, from drilling a gas well on the property leased to plaintiff, alleging that the defendants were mere intruders, had no rights to the gas in question, and were engaged in a continuing trespass.

After taking testimony at length on plaintiff’s application for a preliminary injunction, the chancellor, the late Judge Hipple, made elaborate findings of fact and. conclusions of law and granted the preliminary injunction. Thereafter, on final hearing, by…