Coulter v. Gas Co.

Citations

• 14 Pa. Super. 553
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 82

Syllabus

<p>Oil and gas lease — Liability of assignee.</p> <p>An assignee of an oil or gas lease is liable for payment of all rents or royalties, which accrue when he holds the assignment.</p> <p>Oil and gas lease — Failure of gas — Reassignment.</p> <p>Where an oil and gas lease provides for the payment of a stipulated sum per year for each well from which gas is used off the premises and there is no apportionment provided for in case of failure of gas, when a new year is entered upon, an obligation to pay for all that year arises subject to any stipulated right to annul by reassignment.</p>