Hope Natural Gas Co. v. Shriver
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Monongalia County. Bill in the nature of, a bill of interpleader by the Hope Natural Gas Company against Henry D. Shriver and others, for construction of a will. Prom a decree for Martha Virginia Taylor, Henry D. Shriver and others appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE:
The decree complained of on this appeal was pronounced on a hill in the nature of a bill of interpleader, filed by the holder of leases on valuable gas lands, praying a construction of the will and codicil of -Solomon IT. Shriver, the lessor, who died testate, after the lands had been developed and were yielding large gas rentals. At the time of the. institution of the suit, the operator under the leases held, for distribution, only $750.00 of rentals; hut the properties involved are likely to yield them to the extent of many thousands of dollars. Devisees whose…
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