United Fuel Gas Co. v. Cabot
West Virginia Supreme Court
Case Certified from Circuit Court, Roane County. Bill by the United Fuel Gas Company against Godfrey L. Cabot and others. Defendant’s demurrer to bill was overruled, and ruling was certified for review.
1Opinion of the Court
Lively, Judge :
Having overruled a demurrer to the bill, the lower court, upon joint application, has certified its ruling for review.
The bill is for the purpose of enjoining defendant Cabot from taking oil or gas out of a tract of 45 acres more or less leased to him by W. S. Simmons in 1920; cancelling the said lease and removing it as a cloud on plaintiff’s lease on the same tract, and for an accounting of the gas already extracted therefrom under defendant’s lease. ■ The litigation arises by virtue of two leases each executed by W. S. Simmons and wife, the first dated the 17th. day of…
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