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Krieg v. Hamlin Bank & Trust Co., PICS Case No. 15-0371 (Pa. Super. March 4, 2015) (memorandum) Donohue, J. (12 pages).

By | March 17, 2015
Oil, Gas and Mineral Rights • Declaratory Judgment • Indispensable Party
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The Legal Intelligencer

Krieg v. Hamlin Bank & Trust Co., PICS Case No. 15-0371 (Pa. Super. March 4, 2015) (memorandum) Donohue, J. (12 pages).

By | March 17, 2015
Trial court erred in deciding a declaratory judgment action seeking to determine ownership of a tract of land and the oil, gas and minerals in or under the tract because an indispensable party that owned a one-twelfth interest in the oil, gas, and mineral rights was not joined as a party. Vacated.
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