Shearer v. United Carbon Company

103 S.E.2d 883 (1958)

Henriette H. SHEARER et al.

v.

UNITED CARBON COMPANY.

No. 10894.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 15, 1958.

Decided April 11, 1958.

Blagg, Stone, Mauzy, Anderson & Bowles, Charleston, for appellant.

James F. Brown, III, Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, Savage, Goshorn, MacCorkle & Rippetoe, Charleston, for appellees.

BROWNING, Judge.

Plaintiffs, the owners of land leased for oil and gas purposes by their predecessors in title, brought this suit in equity against defendants, United Carbon Company, a corporation, and Seatex Oil Company, Inc., a…