Warfield Natural Gas Co. v. Ward

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

The ease involves the title to oil and gas under about 660 acres located on the Left Fork of Big Elk Creek, a tributary of Tug Fork of Big Sandy River. The facts are complex and the evidence conflicting. Six years passed between the filing of the suit and rendition of the judgment, during which the record of nearly 5,000 pages was built up. Not much more than a general statement of the contentions of the parties and our conclusions may be stated without an opinion of undesirable length.

The suit was brought by a number of parties who, for…