Beatty v. Edgell
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Suit by John E. Beatty and others against Ezra A. Edgell and others. From decree for plaintiffs, defendant Henry L. Smith appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, President :
In equity to enjoin trespass, taking of possession, cutting and removing of timber, and interference by defendants with proposed oil and gas operations by plaintiffs or their lessee, upon a tract of thirty acres of íand, more or less, in Wetzel County, claimed by plaintiffs; also to remove as clouds upon their alleged title certain leases for oil and gas made by some *253of the defendants to defendant N. S. Snyder, and for general relief.
The decree appealed from sustained jurisdiction and granted the relief prayed for. _
By their bill plaintiffs invoke equitable jurisdiction on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Freer v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Hagan v. HolderbyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
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