Eclipse Oil Co. v. South Penn Oil Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Wetzel County. Action by the Eclipse Oil Company against the South Penn Oil Company. Decree for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, President:
This is a controversy between the Eclipse Oil Company, appellant, and the South Penn Oil Company and others, from the circuit court of Wetzel County, over a lease in the following’ words, to wit: “Agreement made and entered into this 11th day of May, A. D. 1897, by and between Henry Garner, of the county of Wetzel and state of West Virginia, of the first part, and H. J. and J. C. Stolze, parties of the second part, witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the covenants and agreements hereinafter mentioned, does covenant and agree to lease,…
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