Mills v. Henry Oil Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Action by John Mills and the Kanawha Oil Company against the Henry Oil Company and others., Decree for plaintiffs, and defendants J. E. Bartlett and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, PRESIDENT:
The state of Virginia, 13th July, 1197, issued a patent or grant to Isaac Hilliard for nine thousand acres of land then in Ohio county, now in Wetzel county, part of which land by various conveyances came to the ownership of John Mills, and by him was leased to the Kanawha Oil Company for the production of petroleum oil and natural gas. That company took possession in 1895 and began oil production. This land was delinquent for taxes, we may say', for forty years from 1798. On 21st June, 1838, a redemption of it was made by payment of the taxes from 1819 to 1837, inclusive.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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