Legal Opinion
Lowther Oil Co. v. Guffey
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 1902PublishedCited by 38 opinions
Appeal from Circuit Court, Calhoun County. Bill by the Lowther Oil Company against James M. Guffey and others. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ÜENT, PRESIDENT:
James M. Guffey appeals from a decree of tRe circuit court of Calhoun County, cancelling a certain oil and gas lease executed to him by Ella Yoak and husband, in a certain chancery suit wherein appellant was defendant and. the Lowther Oil Company was plaintiff.
This lease was dated the 13th day of April, 1895, and because of its importance in the determination, is copied in full as follows, to-wit:
“In consideration of the sum of one dollar the receipt oí which is hereby acknowledged, Ella Yoak and Agnew Yoak, of Athens County, State of Ohio, first part, hereby grant unto James…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Eclipse Oil Co. v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
- McMillan v. Philadelphia Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Hukill v. MyersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
- Elk Fork Oil & Gas Co. v. JenningsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia · 1898
- Schaupp v. HukillWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
3Cited by38 opinions
- Brewster v. Lanyon Zinc Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Guffey v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Rich v. DonegheySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Lowther Oil Co. v. Miller-Sibley Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- South Penn Oil Co. v. SnodgrassWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
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