MARTIN v. BROWN

Civ. A. Nos. 86-1239, 87-1771.

758 F.Supp. 313 (1990)

Leon M. MARTIN, an individual, Plaintiff, v. Harold Ed BROWN, an individual, and Kyle Energy, Inc., A Pennsylvania corporation and Emmett Lehman, an individual, Roberta Ann Brown, t/d/b/a Kyle Energy, Inc., Kyle Energy and Kyle Energy Corporation, Eunice Lehman, Kyle Energy, Kyle Energy Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, Kyle Energy, Inc., N.V., a foreign corporation, Apex Corporation, a foreign corporation, G. Doyle Steele, Adobe Resources Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, formerly known as Adobe Oil and Gas Corporation, Lloyd DeVos d/b/a DeVos and Company, Susan E. Thorstenn Able Company, Ltd., A Pennsylvania corporation, Tracy Lynn Brown, Terri Beth Brown, Lori Brown, Linda Brown and Julie Brown, a minor By and Through Harold Ed Brown and Roberta Ann Brown, her parents, Defendants. V. Wesley McGAHA and Donna McGaha, individually, and t/d/b/a MCG Associates, a Partnership, Plaintiffs, v. Harold Ed BROWN, individually and t/d/b/a Kyle Energy, Inc., Kyle Energy, Kyle Energy Corporation and Apex Corporation, Roberta Ann Brown, individually and t/d/b/a Kyle Energy, Inc., Kyle Energy and Kyle Energy Corporation, Kyle Energy, Kyle Energy, Inc., Kyle Energy Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, Kyle Energy, Inc., N.V., a foreign corporation, Apex Corporation, a foreign corporation, G. Doyle Steele, Adobe Resources Corporation, A Delaware corporation, formerly known as Adobe Oil and Gas Corporation, Lloyd DeVos, d/b/a DeVos and Company, Susan E. Thorstenn, Able Company, Ltd., A Pennsylvania corporation, Tracy Lynn Brown Miller, Terri Beth Brown Zinchini, Lori Brown Shumaker, Linda Brown, and Julie Brown, a minor, by and through Harold Ed Brown and Roberta Ann Brown, her parents, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

October 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Cullis, Thomas E. Rodgers, Greensburg, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Carlos M. Recio, Washington, D.C., Joseph R. Bock, Apollo, Pa., Russell J. Ober and Richard W. Hosking, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LEE, District Judge.

This case arises out of transactions relating to the sale and purchase of interests in gas wells/leases. The plaintiff at CA86-1239, Leon Martin, purchased interests in such gas well/leases from defendants, Harold Ed Brown and Kyle Energy, Inc. The plaintiff claims that the gas wells were of little or no value.

On June 11, 1986, plaintiff, Martin, initiated the...

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