Sattler v. Opperman

Citations

• 14 Pa. Super. 32
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3

Syllabus

<p>Oil and gas lease — Ownership of lessee's chattel — Conversion thereof by lessee.</p> <p>A landlord who recovers the right to possession, by an action of ejectment under an oil and gas lease, does not become the owner of the lessee’s tools and personal property left by him on the premises, and an action will lie against the lessor for conversion of the chattels after refusal upon demand to deliver the same.</p> <p>Oil and gas lease — Conversion of personally — Statute of limitations.</p> <p>Pending a dispute as to the right of possession under the lease the statute of limitations does not begin to run against the lessee touching the ownership of the personal chattels left on the demised premises by reason of a notice from the lessor to the lessee to remove his tools and other personal property.</p>