Wills v. Manufacturers N. Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. No. 241 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 80 August Term 1888, C. P. On June 5,1888, John A. Wills brought assumpsit against the Manufacturers Natural Gas Company, to recover rentals alleged to be due from the defendant to the plaintiff upon an oil- and gas-lease, filing the following statement of claim: “ On January 18, 1887, the plaintiff and defendant entered into and signed a contract in…
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. No. 241 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 80 August Term 1888, C. P. On June 5,1888, John A. Wills brought assumpsit against the Manufacturers Natural Gas Company, to recover rentals alleged to be due from the defendant to the plaintiff upon an oil- and gas-lease, filing the following statement of claim: “ On January 18, 1887, the plaintiff and defendant entered into and signed a contract in writing, a true copy of which, appended hereto, is made part of this statement. By the terms thereof the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Clark :
This action was brought upon the covenants contained in a .certain lease, dated January 18, 1887, by John A. Wills to the Manufacturers Natural Gas Company, of a certain tract of land in Washington county, containing 228 acres, for the sole and only purpose of mining and excavating for gas and oil, and for the removal of the same. The term of the lease was twenty years, or as long as oil or gas should be found on the premises in paying quantities within that period.
In consideration of this lease, the lessee agreed to commence operations upon one well within ninety…
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