Freudenberger Oil Co. v. Simmons
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Suit by the Freudenberger Oil Company and others against E. A. Simmons and others. From decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POEFENBARGER, JuDGE :
Though large interests and numerous conflicting claimants thereof are involved in this cause, the questions developed in it, thus far, are legal in character and few in number. The only one argued on this appeal is the construction of six similar deeds, each of which contains a clause which is relied upon as having excepted from the operation thereof, the minerals in the land granted. The claimants of large royalty interests, produced by operations on the lands under oil and gas leases, divided into two general classes, those claiming under the deeds and denying the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Uhl v. Ohio River RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Bridger v. . PiersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
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- Webb v. MullinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- McDougal v. MusgraveWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
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