Lehigh Valley Coal Co. v. Heirs
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 187, Jan. T., 1915, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 12, in equity awarding an injunction, in case of Lehigh Valley Coal Company v. Fanny Searle Hays, Warner Searle, Raynsford Searle, Carrie Searle Welling, E. R. W. Searle, Executor and Trustee of W. S. Searle Est., E. R. W. Searle, Anna C. Searle, Barry Searle, Daniel Searle, Roger S. Searle, Ellen Searle, M. Irene Searle, Executrix of D. W. Searle Est., M. J. McCollum, Clara…
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Appeal, No. 187, Jan. T., 1915, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 12, in equity awarding an injunction, in case of Lehigh Valley Coal Company v. Fanny Searle Hays, Warner Searle, Raynsford Searle, Carrie Searle Welling, E. R. W. Searle, Executor and Trustee of W. S. Searle Est., E. R. W. Searle, Anna C. Searle, Barry Searle, Daniel Searle, Roger S. Searle, Ellen Searle, M. Irene Searle, Executrix of D. W. Searle Est., M. J. McCollum, Clara M. Searle, M. Coolbaugh, Administrator of Harriet Coolbaugh Est,, Joanna Stevens, Mary L. Shoemaker, Lydia Stark Mosier,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
We do not agree with the learned chancellor’s interpretation of the coal lease out of which this litigation arises. We think it was the intention of the parties that the minimum quantity of coal to be mined annually was coal above the pea size and to be paid for at a royalty of twenty-five cents per ton. The lease provides that the lessee shall pay “for all coal mined above the size of pea coal at the rate and price of 25 cents per ton of 2,240 lbs., and for pea coal 12% cents per ton royalty until it is worth within 25 cents per ton of chestnut coal and then…
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