Preston v. White
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lewis County. Bill by II. M. Preston and others against G. L. White and others. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, President:
In the division by decree of the lands of J. M. Bennett, deceased, among his children a tract of two hundred and ninety-six and three-fourth acres in Lewis county, on Dry Fork of Polk creek, was allotted to Louis Bennett, the decree providing that all oil and gas in the tract should be for the joint use of Louis Bennett, Gertrude B. Howell, Mary B. Bowie and W. G. Bennett, with the right to develop and-operate the same. Louis Bennett conveyed a tract of one hundred and ñíty-one acres of the whole tract to G. L. White by deed, 11th March, 1898, the deed, however, containing…
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