Headley v. Hoopengarner
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Tyler County. Bill by Mansfield Headley against H. L. Hoopengarner and others. Decree for plaintiff, and defendant the Colonial Oil Company and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Sanders, Judge:
This is a suit in equity, brought in the circuit court of Tyler county, by Mansfield Headley against H. L. Hoopen-garner and others. Upon a final hearing, the court below decreed for the plaintiff, and from this decree an appeal has been allowed.
Thomas J. Headley, the father of Mansfield Headley, was the owner, in his life time, of two contiguous tracts of land, in Tyler county, containing twenty-four and forty-six acres, respectively. On the 6th day of February, 1896, Thomas J. Pleadley and his wife granted to the South Penn Oil Company one-half of the oil and gas within and…
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