Blakley v. Marshall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 1, Oct. T., 1895, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 20, on case stated. Case stated to determine the ownership of royalties under an •oil lease.
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Appeal, No. 1, Oct. T., 1895, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 20, on case stated. Case stated to determine the ownership of royalties under an •oil lease. Before Gbeeb, P. J. Case stated was as follows: And now, 3d day of September, 1895, it is hereby agreed by •and between the parties to the above suit that the following case be stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of a special verdict: 1. The plaintiffs, Isaac E. Blakley and Louisa Blakley, are the life tenants of a certain plantation or farm, situated in the township of Adams, county of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Stebbett,
No question is raised in this case stated as to the validity of *428the lease under which the oil in question was produced; nor, is there any question as to the title of the lessors to the leased premises. By their informal deed of November, 1890, Andrew Blakley and wife granted and conveyed to Isaac E. Blakley and Louisa Blakley, the plaintiffs, a life estate in the land, with remainder in fee to their children, and appointed said life tenants trustees for their said children : Habendum, “ to them the said Isaac Blakley and Louisa his wife, for and during…
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