HIGHLAND v. COMMONWEALTH


400 Pa. 261 (1960)

Highland v. Commonwealth, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.C. Pugliese, with him Paul B. Griener and Carl A. Belin, for appellants.

Robert V. Maine, for appellant.

John A. Metz, Jr., with him Dan P. Arnold, B.R. Coppolo, Joseph B. Mitinger, and Chaplin & Arnold, and Driscoll, Gregory & Coppolo, and Metz, Cook, Hanna & Kelly, for appellants.

F. Cortez Bell, Jr., with him Richard Bennett Gordon, and Bell, Silberblatt & Swoope, for appellant.

Robert C. Derrick, Assistant Attorney General, with him Eugene G. Kitko, John Sullivan, Deputy Attorney General, and Anne X. Alpern, Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Joseph J. Lee, with him Clarence R. Kramer, for appellees.

William H. Eckert, for interested person, under Rule 46.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN and BOK, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, April 18, 1960:

The basic issue presented by these seven appeals concerns the ownership of the right to the natural gas underlying four parcels — approximately 3784 acres — of 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...

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