McGraw Oil Co. v. Kennedy
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Taylor County. The McG-raw Oil & Gas Company filed a bill against R. W. Kennedy and the Crystal Ice Company, and thereafter Kennedy and the ice company filed a bill against the McGraw Oil & Gas Company, the South Penn Oil Company, and another. The cases were.heard together and from the decree the Crystal Ice Company, Kennedy, and the South Penn Oil Company appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
Hugh Evans, on 20th September, 1899, leased a tract of 528 acres of land in Taylor county to U. S. Ditman and J. C. Gaw-throp for production of oil and gas. The lease provided that Evans have free of charge gas for use in his residence. The lease to continue for the term of five years “and so long thereafter as oil or gas, or either of them, is produced therefrom by the party of the second part, heirs, executors, achninstrators or assigns.” The lease deed provided that the lessee deliver into pipe line to the credit of Evans one eighth of oil produced and pay two hundred…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lowther Oil Co. v. Miller-Sibley Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- Sult v. A. Hochstetter Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
- Hukill v. MyersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
- Pyle v. HendersonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Core v. New York Petroleum Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Garcia v. KingTexas Supreme Court · 1942
- United Fuel Gas Co. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- South Penn Oil Co. v. SnodgrassWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
- Howerton v. Kansas Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1910
- Jennings v. Southern Carbon Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
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