Sinnett v. Goff
West Virginia Supreme Court
Case Certified from Circuit Court, Roane County. Proceedings by Lula A. Sinnett and others against Lee Goff and others. A demurrr to the hill was sustained, and ease certified..
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
J. M. Simmons, by his will duly probated, devised 44 acres of land and' other property in Roane County to his widow, Minnie B. Simmons, and his three infant children, Earl, Susan and Lula Ann, and appointed his widow their guardian. Subsequently, on the 17th day of April, 1912, Minnie B. Simmons conveyed her one-fourth interest in the 44 acres to Lee Goff and A. S. Heck, and in May of the same year, as guardian, filed her petition in the Circuit Court, seeking by a summary proceeding to lease for oil and gas purposes the three-fourths interest of the children. Notice was given,…
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