Legal Opinion
Brookbank v. Benedum-Trees Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 22, 1957No. Appeals, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, and 204PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Benjamin B. Jones,
This appeal presents an inquiry into the rights, if any, of a railroad company and its assignees to drill for natural gas under an abandoned railroad bed which crosses a tract of land in Cameron County.
James H. Brookbank, one of two appellees, 1 is the owner of a 90 acre tract of land situated in Gibson Township, Cameron County, over a portion of which the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company operated a railroad until 1942. 2 The appellants are six corporations and two individuals, who claim an interest in a natural gas well drilled by or for them on or…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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- TEACHER v. KijurinaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Quinn v. Pere Marquette Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1931
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. RibletSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
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3Cited by52 opinions
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