70 Pa. Super. 194 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1918
Opinion by
The agreement of May 15, 1913, between Isabella Reynolds, the grantor, and R. W. Reynolds, J. B. Reynolds and Jacob Merwin, the grantees, was a sale of the coal in place. It gave to the latter the right to mine and remove all of the coal without definite limitation of time. There was no provision for forfeiture or reserved right of reentry. Such an agreement is within the decision in Coolbaugh v. Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., 213 Pa. 28, and many other cases. The grantees were, therefore, tenants in common of the coal. When R. W. Reynolds
The case is destitute of evidence that the plaintiff is estopped by his conduct from demanding an account. Nothing in the evidence tends to show that the appellant was misled by the plaintiff with reference to the purchase of the property or the management of it. The contract with R. W. Reynolds and Merwin was made without the knowledge of the plaintiff and without regard to him. The defendant proceeded to operate the property as if it were his own. It was his duty to ascertain what title he was acquiring and as against the plaintiff he cannot be heard to say that he understood he was getting all of the coal. The lease from Mrs. Reynolds was seen if not read by him at the time Ms contract was written and was used in its preparation. He had abundant opportunity to learn therefore, just what the title was
The decree is affirmed at the cost of the appellant.