Parish Fork Oil Co. v. Bridgewater Gas Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wirt County. Action by the Parish Fork Oil Company against the Bridge-water Gas Company. Decree for defendants and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE:
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Wirt County, made in two causes which had been consolidated. The Parish Fork Oil Company, a co-partnership, claiming under a *585lease of one hundred and eighteen and one-half acres of land, executed by Jacob S. Swisher to E. E. Woodyard, and dated June 4, 1894, had entered upon the land in August, 1898, and drilled a well about two hundred feet deep, which was completed sometime in September, 1898. The well was shot and it was found to be a producer of oil in small quantities, the man who drilled it having taken out with…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Steelsmith v. GartlanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
- Petroleum Co. v. Coal, Coke, & Manufacturing Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1890
- Conrad v. . MoreheadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
- Crawford v. RitcheyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
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