Fleming Oil & Gas Co. v. So. Penn Oil Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 2 Munf. 518 ; 11 W. Va. 94. I. — Operations were commenced as required by lease. — 30 W. Va. 176; 57 Pa. St. 65; 61 Pa. St. 107; 51 Pa. St. 233; 12 S. & E. 190; 32 Pa. St. 267 ; 8 S. & E. 172; Sto. Eq. Juris. § 1319. II. — No ground of forfeiture existed if well was completed within thirty months from date of lease. — -61 Pa. St. 107; 30 W. Va. 176 ; 51 Pa. St. 283; 1 Cas. 397 ; 57 Pa. St. 65; Sto. Eq. Juris. § 1319;. 138 Pa. St. 249; 130 Pa.
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cited 2 Munf. 518 ; 11 W. Va. 94. I. — Operations were commenced as required by lease. — 30 W. Va. 176; 57 Pa. St. 65; 61 Pa. St. 107; 51 Pa. St. 233; 12 S. & E. 190; 32 Pa. St. 267 ; 8 S. & E. 172; Sto. Eq. Juris. § 1319. II. — No ground of forfeiture existed if well was completed within thirty months from date of lease. — -61 Pa. St. 107; 30 W. Va. 176 ; 51 Pa. St. 283; 1 Cas. 397 ; 57 Pa. St. 65; Sto. Eq. Juris. § 1319;. 138 Pa. St. 249; 130 Pa. St. 254; Id. 222; 34 W. Va. 385; Id. 49; 30 Pa. St. 142; 96 Pa. St. 307. III. — Plaintiff has no rights in equities superior to those of the…
1Opinion of the Court
English, Pbesident :
On the 22d day of February, 1889, T. M. Jackson & Co., obtained alease from one David Jones of a tract of land containing about one hundred and forty acres, situated in Pawpaw district, in Marion county, W. Va., for oil and gas purposes, which lease was recorded in said county on the 30th day of May, 1889, and was afterwards, on the 15th day of September, 1890, assigned and conveyed by said T. M. Jackson & Co., to the South Penn Oil Company. Said lease contained the following covenant:
“The party of the second part covenants to commence operations for a test well within one…
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