Legal Opinion

United Fuel Gas Co. v. Morley Oil & Gas Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 23, 1926No. 5570PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge:

Plaintiff, tbe owner, by a grant from one Kemper, of a half undivided interest, and lessee from one Goff of the other half undivided interest, in all the oil and gas under a tract of seventy-five acres of land in Roane County, seeks by the bill to perpetually enjoin the Morley Oil & Gas Company, lessee of the Board of Education of Geary District in said county, of three-fourths of an acre lot, a part of the said seventy-five acres, from drilling a well for the production of oil or gas on said lot, and to cancel as a cloud upon plaintiff’s title to the oil and gas in the tract so…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Webb v. BaileyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Herald v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Heck v. MorganWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Welch v. KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Page v. Westfield Pharmacy, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1925

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Alexander v. AndrewsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Gullett v. BurtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Eagle Gas Co. v. Doran & Associates, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Wolfe v. AlpizarWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2006
  5. SER U.S. Bank National Assoc. v. Hon. Warren R. McGraw, JudgeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2015

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