Crawford v. Forest Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 171, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Nov. T., 1900, No. 113, for plaintiff on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Thomas L. Crawford et al. v. Forest Oil Company. Trespass for the alleged illegal taking of oil.
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Appeal, No. 171, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Nov. T., 1900, No. 113, for plaintiff on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Thomas L. Crawford et al. v. Forest Oil Company. Trespass for the alleged illegal taking of oil. The case was tried by the court without a jury under the Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 109. McIlvaine, P. J., filed the following opinion: From the pleadings and testimony taken, the court finds the facts in this case to be as hereinafter set out under the two heads “Principal Facts Found,” and “ Collateral Facts Found.” I.…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bbown,
The primary question involved in this controversy is as to *19the estate which passed to Matthew Crawford under the will of his father, William Crawford.' ” If the devise was only of a life estate, the lease executed by Matthew, the father and grandfather of the appellees, was limited to his life, and the remaindermen are not bound by it.
The language of the devise is : “ And I will and devise to my son Matthew and to his children, my old farm adjoining Mark Kelso and others, provided however, at ihe end of one year after my decease, or when called upon for it, he…
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