Burrows v. Fitch
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Bill by Mont Burrows against W. R. Fitch and others. Decree for defendants.. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Sand EEs, President:
The appellant, Mont Burrows, being the owner of a one-sixteenth interest in certain oil leases on lands in Calhoun countjq sold and conveyed his entire interest therein to the defendant, W. R. Fitch, for a valuable consideration.
The leases in question were- acquired for the purpose of developing the same for oil and gas. After acquiring them, it was agreed among the owners thereof that a corporation should be formed, which was done, by the name of the Low-*117ther Oil-Company, to which the leases were to be transferred, and the parties to hold stock in the company in…
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