Legal Opinion

Carter v. Reserve Gas Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 14, 1919PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from. Circuit Court, Harrison County. Suit by Russell V. Carter and wife against tbe Reserve Gas Company to cancel an oil and gas lease, etc., with, answer by defendant Gas Company averring title in itself, Harris son "W. Carter and wife, and Cynthia Morrison.

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Appeal from. Circuit Court, Harrison County. Suit by Russell V. Carter and wife against tbe Reserve Gas Company to cancel an oil and gas lease, etc., with, answer by defendant Gas Company averring title in itself, Harris son "W. Carter and wife, and Cynthia Morrison. Decree dismissing the original and the three amended end supplemental bills and retaining the cross-bills of Harris on W. Carter and the Reserve Gas Company for treatment as original bills, and further procedure thereon, and Russell V. Carter appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

POEFENBARGER, JUDGE;

The decree appealed from in this cause was made and entered in a suit brought by Russell V. Carter and wife, for cancellation of an oil and gas lease on a tract of land described as containing 100 acres, more or less, executed to the defendant, the Reserve Gas Company, by H. W. Carter and others, March 30, 1909, and for an accounting for the gas taken from said tract of land by the lessee. That company filed an answer in which it denied the plaintiff’s alleged claim of title to the tract of land, beyond an estate therein for the life of Harrison W. Carter, one of its…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Monarque v. . MonarqueNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  2. White v. BaileyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Bolles v. Outing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
  4. Ex parte BuckleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  5. Bank of Weston v. ThomasWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Stephenson v. KuntzWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Sands v. HolbertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Stephenson v. CavendishWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
  4. McGinnis v. EnslowWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Rust v. Commercial Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1922

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