Opinion
J-A14012-16 No. 1701 MDA 2015
03-21-2017
CORNWALL MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS, L.P., AND RANGE RESOURCES - APPALACHIA, LLC v. THOMAS E. PROCTOR HEIRS TRUST, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PENNLYCO, LTD., VIRGINIA ENERGY CONSULTANTS, LLC, ATLANTIC HYDROCARBON, LLC, CHIEF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, LLC, QUEST EASTERN RESOURCE, LLC, AND EXCO HOLDING (PA), INC. v. SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY INTERVENOR TRUSTEES' OF THE MARGARET O.F. PROCTOR TRUST, JOINDER DEFENDANT APPEAL OF: THOMAS E. PROCTOR HEIRS TRUST
NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
Appeal from the Order Entered September 3, 2015
In the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County
Civil Division at No(s): 11-00718 BEFORE: BOWES, OTT AND PLATT, JJ. JUDGMENT ORDER BY BOWES, J.:
Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.
The Thomas E. Proctor Heirs Trust appeals from the final order granting judgment on the pleadings in favor of Cornwall Mountain Investments, L.P. and Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC (collectively "Cornwall"), in this action to quiet title to subsurface minerals, oil, and gas lying beneath three thousand acres in Lycoming County ("the Property"). This appeal involves identical issues and parties as the appeal filed by the Trustees of the Margaret O.F. Proctor Trust, at No. 1706 MDA 2015, Cornwall Mountain Investments , L.P., v. Thomas E. Proctor Heirs Trust , also assigned to this Panel. We affirm, based on our recent opinion in the appeal at No. 1706 and the reasons cited therein.
Cornwall entered into an oil, gas, and coalbed methane lease with Range Resources on April 30, 2007. --------
Order affirmed. Judgment Entered. /s/_________
Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
Prothonotary Date: 3/21/2017