BANNARD v. N.Y.S. NAT. GAS CORP.


404 Pa. 269 (1961)

Bannard v. New York State Natural Gas Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Sullivan, Deputy Attorney General, with him Raymond C. Miller, Deputy Attorney General, and Anne X. Alpern, Attorney General, for Pennsylvania Game Commission, appellant in No. 244 and appellee in No. 301.

Leroy F. Perry, with him F. Cortez Bell, Jr., G. Kirby Herrington, and Bell, Silberblatt and Swoope, for defendant corporation, appellant in No. 301 and appellee in No. 244.

Francis J. Carey, Jr., with him James J. Prendergast, and Townsend, Elliott & Munson, for plaintiffs, appellees in No. 244.

Before BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, June 26, 1961:

On July 15, 1959, William N. Bannard and twenty-five (25) other persons (Blanchard heirs) instituted an action in ejectment in the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield County against the New York State Natural Gas Corporation (Gas Corp.) for the purpose of ejecting the Gas Corp. from its possession of the gas rights under a 153 acre tract of land1 in Clearfield County and for the...

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