Legal Opinion

Carnegie Natural Gas Co. v. Carter Oil Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 31, 1914PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Circuit Court, Doddridge 'County. Bill by the Carnegie Natural Gas Company against the Carter Oil Company and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Robinson, Judge:

The question presented by this appeal is whether or not a small parcel of about eleven acres is embraced in an oil and gas lease held by the 'Carter Oil Company. The lease by a general description calls for ad joiners only, as embracing a tract of one hundred acres, more or less. The Carnegie Natural Gas Company asserts that this lease of the Carter Oil Company for the one hundred acres does not take in the parcel of eleven acres, and that it, the Carnegie Natural Gas Company, has a lease on that parcel and a right to undisturbed possession and operation under the same. The…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lovett v. West Virginia Central Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Stevenson v. YohoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Sally-Mike Properties v. YokumWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985

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