Highland v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

The basic issue presented by these seven appeals concerns the ownership of the right to the-natural gas underlying four parcels — approximately 3784 acres— *265of land situated in Huston Township, Clearfield County. The determination of this issue rests largely upon the construction and interpretation of the provisions of seven deeds and an examination of several judicial proceedings which resulted in the execution of two of these deeds.

On June 25, 1900, I. F. Eichey et al., trustees of the Caledonia Coal Company, conveyed, inter alia, to one N. T. Arnold…