Gartland v. Hickman
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Harrison County. Action by Thomas G-artlan and others against Willie Hickman. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge :
Miranda A. Hickman and Willie Hickman, her husband, executed to John E. Phillips and J. Perry Thompson, a lease, bearing date on the 29th day of May, 1901, on a tract of one hundred -and twelve and one-half acres of land in Harrison county, for oil and gas purposes. By successive assignments of the lease, W. S. ‘Mowris, Thomas Gartlan and the Southern Oil Company acquired .an interest therein. The lease stipulates, among other things, that the parties of the first part “do grant, demise, lease and let ■unto the parties of the second part, their heirs, executors, administrators…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Lowther Oil Co. v. Miller-Sibley Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- Steelsmith v. GartlanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
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- Fifield v. Farmers' National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
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