Legal Opinion
Lichtenfels v. Bridgeview Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 26, 1985No. 01439PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CIRILLO, Judge:
The issue on this appeal is whether a surface lease with mining rights, executed by less than all the owners of the property, survives a partition sale of the property to a third party.
The aggrieved party on appeal is Delta Mining, Inc., which on January 10, 1979 leased a 150-acre tract of land from nine of its ten owners by tenancy in common. The lease conveyed the land together with all rights necessary for the proper mining of coal thereunder, including rights-of-way for transportation and haulage, for a period of three years. The lease further gave Delta the right to extend…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Smith v. Glen Alden Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Stewart v. ChernickySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Coleman's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
- Commonwealth v. FitzmartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Caveny v. CurtisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Elliot Coal Mining Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Hetrick v. Apollo Gas Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Elliot Coal Mining Company, Inc. v. Director, Office Of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- General Credit Co. v. CleckSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Lichtenfels v. Bridgeview Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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