The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Reaffirmed the Dunham Rule with respect to property rights. This Case Involved a Deed Executed in 1881 that reserved to the Grantor one half the minerals and petroleum oils. The Dunham Rule Asserts natural gas cannot be defined as a mineral. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruled Natural Gas trapped within Marcellus Shale is not a mineral. Since Natural Gas was not stated the right of ownership of Natural Gas was not conveyed by the Deed. Read about the decision at http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/article/20130425/CPBJ01/130429872/State-Supreme-Court-affirms-Dunham-Rule-for-Marcellus-Shale&template=art
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