Allegheny Oil Co. v. Snyder
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District, of Ohio. These cases involve a construction of certain oil leases upon the lands of one William E. Fowler, in North Township, Harrison county, Ohio, and may be considered together. On the 12th of November, 1898, Fowler made a lease of the land in question to one I-Iiram Snyder. This lease was acknowledged by Fowler and wife and Snyder before a notary. It had hut a single witneas.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District, of Ohio. These cases involve a construction of certain oil leases upon the lands of one William E. Fowler, in North Township, Harrison county, Ohio, and may be considered together. On the 12th of November, 1898, Fowler made a lease of the land in question to one I-Iiram Snyder. This lease was acknowledged by Fowler and wife and Snyder before a notary. It had hut a single witneas. It was admitted to record and recorded in the lease records of Harrison county December 18, 1898, and is in the following language:…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, Circuit Judge
The leading question in the case is as to the construction of the Snyder lease. As we read this instrument,' applying the familiar rule that all parts of it must be given effect if possible, and the intention of the parties gathered from the four corners of the instrument, we find it to be a lease of a certain tract of land for the purpose of removing oil and gas therefrom, together with certain privileges to enable the lessee to reach and remove the same from the premises. As was said bv the supreme court of Ohio in Harris v. Oil Co., 57 Ohio St. 129, 50 N. E. 1129:
“An instrument in such…
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