Legal Opinion

Garrett v. South Penn Oil Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1909PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Error to Circuit Court., Harrison County. Action by James M. Garrett and others against the South Penn Oil Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error. l"

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, President:

In ejectment, in four joint counts, plaintiffs seek recovery, in the first, of a fee simple estate; in the second, of a term of five years and as much longer thereafter a^ oil or gas is produced in paying quantities; in the third, of a term of ten years; and in the fourth, of a term of . years, from the first day of January, 1900, and not yet ended, in and to the fifteen sixteenths of all oil and gas in and under a tract of 39.38.acres, in the declaration mentioned, with right to go upon said land for the purpose of operating for, producing, storing and removing said oil and…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Dickerson v. ColgroveSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Williamson v. JonesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Kirk v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Lowther Oil Co. v. Miller-Sibley Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Sult v. A. Hochstetter Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1908

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. United Fuel Gas Co. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Marthens v. B & O RAILROAD CO.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Fisher v. Crescent Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  4. Boatman v. AndreWyoming Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Warfield Natural Gas Co. v. WardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940

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