Shannon v. Pennsylvania Electric Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This litigation grew out of a dispute between the parties concerning the interpretation of a coal lease and claims for royalties and for royalty refunds. The parties entered into an agreement of lease on December 3, 1943, which lease provided for the mining of coal underlying cértain tracts of land in Huntingdon and Bedford Counties. It also contained an arbitration clause under the Act of April 25, 1927, P. L. 381, No. 248 (5 P. S. 161, et seq.). The agreement was executed by the appellees, as lessors, and by the Pennsylvania Edison Company (now Pennsylvania…