Ohio Fuel Oil Co. v. Greenleaf
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Roane County. Suit by the Ohio Fuel Oil Company against Thomas H. Greenleaf and others for the cancellation of an oil and gas lease, made by part of defendants to other eodefendants. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
This appeal brings up for review a decree of the circuit court of Roane county, by which a lease for the production of oil and gas, made by the defendants John H. Greenleaf, Thomas H. Greenleaf, Eliza Haidet and-J. F. Greenleaf to the defendants K. C. Simmons, F. F. McIntosh, Jeff Miller and W. L. Stevens, was cancelled and set aside as a cloud upon the rights of the plaintiff to produce oil from the tract of land covered thereby under a lease held by it.
There is no substantial controversy as to the material facts. Prior to February 3, 1917, M. M. Greenleaf, a married woman,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Peterson v. HallWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
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