Kaul & Hall Oil & Gas Co. v. New Shawmut Mining Co.

GREINER, P.J.,

ISSUES

At issue is the fee ownership of 82.95 acres of land in Jay Township, Elk County, Pa. Plaintiff claims ownership by virtue of four treasurer’s tax deeds acquired by its predecessors, James K. P. Hall and Andrew Kaul in 1906 and 1908. Defendant bases its ownership of the same land upon a deed from receivers of the Kersey Mining Company, a corporation, dated May 2, 1947. The Kersey Mining Company in turn acquired the property by deed dated August 12, 1902, from the Kersey Mining Company, a partnership. Additionally, defendant claims ownership of the subject premises by…