Todd v. Manufacturers Light & Heat Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Action by George E. Todd and others against the Manufacturers’ Light & Heat Company and others for cancellation of an oil and gas lease. A demurrer to the bill was sustained, and of its own motion the court certified the decision for- review.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger, President:
An inquiry as to the sufficiency of a bill in equity praying alternately for complete cancellation of an oil and gas lease,, on the theory of expiration thereof, and partial cancellation,, on the theory of failure to use due diligence in the development of the property, arises upon a certificate in this cause;, the Circuit Court having sustained a demurrer to the bill and, of its own motion, certified its decision to this court for review.
The specific term created by the lease was ten years, commencing with its date, September 16, 1908. The extension provision reads as…
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