Hall v. Vernon
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wirt county. Bill by George W. Hall against W. V. Vernon and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
Hall brougiit a suit in equity ag-ainst Vernon and others in the circuit court of Wirt County, alleging that a tract of one thousand one hundred and three acres of land was, as to the surface, owned by Messrs. Doneho and Vernon, and that they had divided the surface; that the tract contained oil; that Messrs. Doneho, Vernon, and Hall owned the minerals in it, each a third; and-that in a suit brought by Hall ana Vernon against Doneho and others some years before there had been a decree of partition.of the mineral ownership into lots forty rods wide, and running to the exterior…
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