Carper v. United Fuel Gas Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Roane County. Action by H. R. Carper and another against the United Fuel Gas Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JlJDGE :
A judgment for $785.42 was rendered against tbe plaintiff in error, in an action of assumpsit for damages for tbe breach of alleged implied covenants and promises in an oil and gas lease, under which no wells have been drilled and on which the stipulated delay rentals have been accepted, to develop the property with due diligence and protect it from drainage. The recovery is an unprecedented one and some of the questions developed on the hearing are novel and highly important in their bearings.
Though leased as one containing 213 acres, more or less, the actual area of…
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