Starcher v. United Fuel Gas Co.

Maxwell, PRESIDENT:

This is a suit for partition of oil and gas.

The plaintiffs are the joint owners of an undivided one-half interest in the oil and gas (with right of exploration and removal) underlying a tract of 15% acres of land in Roane County. The defendant is the owner of the other undivided one-half of said minerals with right to drill for and remove the same. Plaintiffs, alleging in their bill that the oil and gas are not susceptible of partition in place and that the interests of the parties, both plaintiff and defendant, will be promoted by a sale of the oil and gas, pray for sale…