Smith v. United Fuel Gas Co.

Hatcher, Judge:

This cause was before this court in 1932, and our opinion is reported in 113 W. Va. 178, 166 S. E. 533. From the opinion, it appears that undi vided interests in a tract of 239 acres were owned as follows: 22/24 by plaintiffs, 1/24 by defendant Zella Adkins, and 1/24 by defendant United Fuel Gas Company; that the plaintiffs executed an oil and gas lease on their interests in the tract to the Gas Company, under which lease a producing gas well was drilled; that Mrs. Adkins executed a like lease for her interest to defendant Barnhart with a like result; that through retention of…