SHANNON et al. v. PA. ELECTRIC CO.


364 Pa. 379 (1950)

Shannon et al. v. Pennsylvania Electric Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert V. Maine, with him Frank G. Smith, Frank A. Whitsett, Robert I. Reed, Harry C. James and Smith, Maine & Whitsett, for appellant.

John H. Jordan, with him Samuel H. Stewart, for appellees.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE MAXEY, March 20, 1950:

This litigation grew out of a dispute between the parties concerning the interpretation of a coal lease and claims for royalties and for royalty refunds. The parties entered into an agreement of lease on December 3, 1943, which lease provided for the mining of coal underlying certain tracts of land in Huntingdon and Bedford Counties. It also contained an arbitration clause under the Act of April 25, 1927, P.L. 381...

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