Walker v. West Virginia Gas Corp.

Fox, President:

On May 1, 1924, Rush Adkins leased to Irvin Morrison, for oil and gas purposes, for- a term of ten years, a tract of 160 acres of land located partly in Wayne County and partly in Cabell County. This lease, through various assignments, became and is now the property of the West Virginia Gas Corporation. Rush Adkins died, intestate, in August, 1924, leaving eight children as his sole heirs at law, and in February, 1925, there was a voluntary division of the 160 acres, whereby the tract was partitioned into eight parcels, and conveyances made to carry the partition into legal…