Judge Orders Bench Trial To Resolve Pennsylvania Mineral Rights Dispute

Mealey's (June 4, 2020, 7:53 AM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on May 8 ordered that “as soon as practicable,” he will hold a bench trial to resolve the outstanding issues of material fact between the state of Pennsylvania and a trust that owns land as to which party possesses mineral rights to a specific tract situated above the Marcellus Shale play.  The issue to be determined is whether the subsurface estate was properly sold at a tax sale in 1908 (Pennsylvania, et al. v. Thomas E. Proctor Heirs Trust, et al., No. 12-1567, M.D. Pa.)....