Hall v. South Penn Oil Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lewis County. Bill by William IT. Hall and others against the South Penn Oil Company and another. Decree for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POBEENBARGEK, JUDGE:
This appeal questions the correctness of a decree, dismissing, on demurrer, the bill of Wm. PI. Hall and his wife and Louis 0. Woofter against the South Penn Oil Company and P. IP. Paupel, filed for partial cancellation of an oil and gas lease, held by the defendant on land, which Hall had owned, at the date of the execution of the lease, but had conveyed, in nearly equal parts, to Paupel and Wm. J. Woofter, grantor of Louis C. Woofter, reserving in each instance one-half of the one-eighth oil royalty and one-half of the cash gas royalty, provided by the lease.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- McGraw Oil Co. v. KennedyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Harness v. Eastern Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
- Ammons v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
- Core v. New York Petroleum Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Kellar v. CraigCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1903
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- Allen v. Colonial Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
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