Monarch Gas Co. v. Roy
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lincoln County. Suit for injunction by tbe Monarch'Gas Company against Orlando Roy and others. Decree for defendants, dismissing the bill, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge :
On September 3, 1913, T. M. Bowles leased to J. L. Flack 160 acres of land in Lincoln County on which to drill and operate for petroleum oil and natural gas for a term of five years and.as much longer as either of these products is found in paying quantities by explorations on the tract or the rental paid thereon. Bowles died November 15, 1915 and by will devised the tract to his sister, Mrs. Harriet Bowles, who now owns it. All the rights conferred on him-by the lease, Flack and" his associates assigned to the Monarch Gas Company, a corporation, on March 28, 1916.
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