Carnegie Natural Gas Co. v. South Penn Oil Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Bill by the Carnegie Natural Gas Company against the South Penn Oil Company and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, PRESIDENT:
This case involves the rights of separate owners of the oil and gas in the same tract of land, as determined, not by principles' of law governing the rights of separate owners of adjacent or superjacent strata, but by a contract, entered into by them presumably to enable both to develop their territory and take out the substances belonging to them in the most practical, economical and advantageous manner.
J. E. Carnahan, being the owner of thirty-seven oil and gas leases on lands in Wetzel and Doddridge counties, entered into two contracts with the Carnegie Natural Gas…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bettman v. HarnessWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
- Freer v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Eclipse Oil Co. v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
- West Va. O. & O. L. Co. v. VinalWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
- Smith v. . Rector, Etc., of St. Philip's ChurchNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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- Beckwith v. LaingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
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