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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
NORTHERN FORESTS II, INC. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Appellant
v.
KETA REALTY COMPANY, KETA GAS AND OIL COMPANY, KETA GAS AND OIL CORPORATION, GEORGE C. LEVIN, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE AND MANUFACTURERS LIGHT AND HEAT COMPANY, THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS AND ANYONE CLAIMING BY, THROUGH OR UNDER THEM, OR ANY OF THEM, ANADARKO E & P ONSHORE, LLC, SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, RONALD SAWYER, KATHLEEN SAWYER, DALE BLACK, LORI BLACK, MICHAEL CENTINI, KAREN CENTINI, VINCE DANDINI, SARA DANDINI, EDGAR SHENK, ELAINE SHENK, DAVID HAUS, SHARON HAUS AND GAYLA LOCH, ULTRA RESOURCES, INC., INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WEVCO PRODUCTION, INC., JACKSON CORNER SPORTSMEN, INC., SAMUEL ROCKEY, KAREN ROCKEY, CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, LLC, STATOIL USA ONSHORE PROPERTIES, INC., LANCASTER EXPORATION & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, TRUSTEES OF THOMAS E. PROCTOR HEIRS TRUST, TRUSTEES OF THE MARGARET O. F. PROCTOR TRUST, FOREST RESOURCES, LLC, KOCJANCIC FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, HAROLD H. WOLFINGER, JR., WILLIAM L. HEMENWAY, HARVEY HINMAN, SARAH C. PRESTON, LINDA DAVIDGE, PENNLYCO, LTD., GLEN W. HEFFELFINER, MICHAEL E. DAPAOLI, JOHN F. GERRITY, JOAN M. GERRITY, STEVEN M. STROUSE, RENEE J-A22016-15
M. STROUSE, DAVID W. CRITICS, ANGELA R. CRITICS, MARK S. CONRAD, DOLORES CONRAD, DAVID B. DUSEL, MARY LOUISE WATERS, ENERPLUS RESOURCES (USA) CORPORATION, ENERPLUS RESOURCES, BROOKE E. FULLER, RICKY E. YOUNG, NADINE C. YOUNG, STEPHEN MATTO, KIM L. MATTO, JOHN F. KNOPP, SANDRA J. KNOPP, JAMES D. WEATHERWAX, NICOLE R. WEATHERWAX, DUTCH HILL HUNTING CLUB, ATLANTIC HYDROCARBON, LLC, EXCO PRODUCTION COMPANY (PA) LLC, EXCO RESOURCES, INC., BG PRODUCTION COMPANY (PA) LLC, WADE E. JUNE, MELISSA L. JUNE, MICHAEL J. SNYDER, TIMOTHY C. BOWEN, THERESE L. BOWEN, PAUL D. CRISSMAN, MARK A. MCGOVERN, RONDA J. MCGOVERN, JAMES A. ROBINSON, COGAN HOUSE TOWNSHIP, MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT GROUP, DAVID ROCKEY, OHIO KENTUCKY OIL CORPORATION, MITSUI E & P USA, LLC, GCO MINERALS COMPANY, DANNA WEBBER, TRAVIS CROOKS, FRANCINE CROOKS, CYNTHIA STANTION-MCKENNEY (POA TERRY GEISE) AND AS TO ANY AND ALL ENTITIES WHICH CLAIM ANY INTEREST WHATSOEVER TO SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS SUIT
Appellee Nos. 1007 MDA 2014 AND 1054 MDA 2014
Appeal from the Order Dated May 20, 2014 In the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County Civil Division at No(s): CV-1988-002356-QT
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BEFORE: BOWES, J., JENKINS, J., and PLATT, J.*
MEMORANDUM BY JENKINS, J.: FILED NOVEMBER 06, 2015
Northern Forests II, Inc. ("NF") filed an action to quiet title in 1988
and entered a default judgment in its favor in 1989. In 2013, the trial court
ordered the judgment stricken as void ab initio due to lack of jurisdiction.
Subsequently, NF filed an amended complaint alleging that it owned the
subject property via adverse possession on the basis of the 1989 judgment.
In an order entered on May 20, 2014 and clarified on June 16, 2014, the
trial court sustained the preliminary objections of multiple defendants and
dismissed the amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action.
NF and Ultra Resources, Inc. ("Ultra"), a lessee of NF, filed timely
appeals from the order of