Kelly v. Phillips Gas & Oil Co.

Citations

• 262 Pa. 412
• 105 A. 631
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 664

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Leases—Oil and gas lease — Location of wells — Violation of lease by lessee — Equity—Injunction.</p> <p>Where an oil and gas lease provided that the lessor shall have “free nse and enjoyment of the premises except the parts necessary for drilling and operating and no wells to he drilled within 200 feet of the buildings now on the lease without the consent of” the lessor, and thereafter, the lessee, notwithstanding objections by the lessor, drilled an oil well within 200 feet of a house erected thereon, it was properly enjoined from making use of the well.</p>