Legal Opinion

Hart v. Kanawha Oil Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 31, 1916PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Suit by Alexander Hart and others against the Kanawha Oil Company and others. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge:

The object of the original and amended bills was to obtain, upon the grounds alleged, cancellation of a certain lease for oil and gas, executed by the plaintiffs to The Kanawha Oil Company, dated August 1, 1901, or if not entitled to the entire cancellation thereof, then that the same might be can-celled as to all the land covered thereby, except a boundary sufficient to protect the production of the wells drilled by defendants thereon. And the further prayer of the bills was that the damages sustained by plaintiffs because' of the alleged improper, wrongful and fraudulent…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Armstrong v. Maryland Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. GardnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  3. Howard v. HigginsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Newman v. LeviWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Carroll v. FettyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Caplan v. ShawWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1944
  3. Anderson v. StockdaleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923

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