Doddridge County Oil & Gas Co. v. Smith
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern West Virginia
In Equity. Suit by the Doddridge County Oil & Gas Company against Smith and another. On exceptions of complainant and defendants to report of special master.
1Opinion of the Court
DAYTON, District Judge.
On the 24th day of July, 1907, I filed a written opinion in these causes ([C. C.] 154 Fed. 970), in which the facts are fully stated. In accordance with this opinion, on the 8th day of August, 1907, a decree was entered, adjudging, among other things, that the lease in controversy was not forfeited or surrendered, but was in full force and effect, and that, while the company should havé the right to re-enter and take possession thereunder, it was not, however, entitled to the three wells drilled prior to the date of the lease, or to the oil that might be in the future…
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