Kellar v. Craig
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the'Northern District of West Virginia, in Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
The appellant filed in the court below his bill in equity, alleging the forfeiture of a lease made by him on the 16th day of August, 1898, for oil and gas purposes, to one I. M. Eatshaw. He set out in his complaint that he was the owner of the fee of the land — about 217 acres — and that he was in the actual possession of the same; that the lease referred to had become forfeited because of the failure of those claiming under it to comply with the express covenants therein contained; that the same was a cloud upon his title, which he prayed njight be removed by the decree…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Frost v. SpitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Orton v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Fussell v. GreggSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Harness v. Eastern Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
- Young v. Forest Oil Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
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- Warfield Natural Gas Co. v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Blair v. Clear Creek Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
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