Davis v. Hardman

Calhoun, Judge:

This case, on appeal from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Doddridge County, presents to the Court for decision the basic question of determining which one of two oil and gas leases is valid; and that, in turn, calls for a determination whether the right to lease is in the owner of the fee, subject to certain reservations of oil and gas rights; or whether the right to lease is in the persons owning the rights thus reserved. The trial court entered judgment in favor of the lessor who owns the fee subject to the reservations, and her lessees.

The tract of land in question…