Craig v. Hukill
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — Court had no jurisdiction to proceed to a partition. — 15 Am. Dee. 712 ; Id. 731; 42 Am. Dec. 163; 47 Am. Dec. 358; 45 Am. Dec. 552; 13 Pet. 166; 4 Rand. 493; 18 How. 297; 67 Am. Dec. 733 ; 77 Am. Dec 684. II. — If the court had jurisdiction the relief could not he granted, because a court of equity never enforces forfeiture. — 36 W. Va. 639; 40 N: II. 530; 31 Conn. 468; 15 Wall. 146; 1 Pet. 232; 2 Sto. Eq. § 1319; 1 Johns.
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I. — Court had no jurisdiction to proceed to a partition. — 15 Am. Dee. 712 ; Id. 731; 42 Am. Dec. 163; 47 Am. Dec. 358; 45 Am. Dec. 552; 13 Pet. 166; 4 Rand. 493; 18 How. 297; 67 Am. Dec. 733 ; 77 Am. Dec 684. II. — If the court had jurisdiction the relief could not he granted, because a court of equity never enforces forfeiture. — 36 W. Va. 639; 40 N: II. 530; 31 Conn. 468; 15 Wall. 146; 1 Pet. 232; 2 Sto. Eq. § 1319; 1 Johns. Ch’y 415. III. — There was no forfeiture in this case. — 80 Pa. St 142 i 36 W. Va. 639; 34 W. Va. 375; Id. 397; 1 Wall. 24; 98 II. S. 514; 17 Wall. 19; 96 U. S. 336;…
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, Judge:
W. M. Davis executed to.David Kennedy a lease of a tract of land for a term of' years for the purpose of drilling for petroleum oil, which lease has come by assignment to E. M. Ilukill. The deed of lease contains a covenant on the part of the lessee to commence operations for development of oil within nine months, or for paymeut of a certain sum of money per month until commencement of work, with a provision that a failure to do the one or the other should work an absolute forfeiture of the lease.
Afterwards Davis executed an instrument by which he agreed to sell to II. P.…
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