Legal Opinion
Kentucky Coke Co. v. Keystone Gas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1924No. 3885PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, District Judge.
This case presents a controversy as to the ownership of the oil and gas rights in a 100-acre tract of land situated in Eloyd county, Ky. Each of the parties is a corporation. On the 1st day of November, 1905, Apperson Hays, who is variously referred to in the record as Epperson, Eperson, Epison, Epp, and Ep Hays, and his wife, conveyed to the Beaver Creek Coal & Coke Company, a corporation, all the mineral on the land in controversy, together with certain timber and mining rights, but reserving all the oil and gas therein. On April 15, 1911, Hays and his then wife…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Westmoreland N. Gas Co. v. DeWittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Northern Pacific Railway Company v. SoderbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Piggly Wiggly Corporation v. SaundersDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1924
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