Hodgdon v. Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 114, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1897, No. 5, in equity, in tbe case of Sarah A. D. Hodgdon, Clarence P. Kidder, S. .Louise D. Davis, Charles E. Dana, A. H. VanHorn, Joseph Birkbeck, Mary G. Lewis and Henry Metcalf v. The Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company. Bill in equity for an accounting.
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Appeal, No. 114, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1897, No. 5, in equity, in tbe case of Sarah A. D. Hodgdon, Clarence P. Kidder, S. .Louise D. Davis, Charles E. Dana, A. H. VanHorn, Joseph Birkbeck, Mary G. Lewis and Henry Metcalf v. The Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company. Bill in equity for an accounting. Before Fuller, J. The trial of the case was referred to Joseph D. Coons; Esq., as referee, who filed a report, certain exceptions to. which were subsequently sustained by the lower court. The court entered a decree directing the defendant to pay the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
In this case the plaintiffs filed a bill in equity, to secure an accounting for royalties, surface rentals, and interest upon each, which they claimed to be due, under the terms of a coal lease. The questions involved, turn upon the construction of certain provisions of the lease. On August 13, 1870, the lease was entered into, for the coal under 330 acres of land in Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, belonging to the lessors, and provision was made that the lessee should pay an annual rental of $20,000, in quarterly installments of $5,000 each, in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Coolbaugh v. Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Lehigh Valley Coal Co. v. EverhartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Co. v. WitherowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Hillside Coal & Iron Co. v. Sterrick Creek Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
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