Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co. v. Thompson

Opinion of the Court by

Van Sant, Commissioner

Affirming in part, reversing in part.

By deed dated October 31, 1904, Granville Charles and others conveyed to Northern Coal & Coke Company all oil and gas rights, together with certain appurtenant easements, in and under a certain tract of land in Pike County, out of which appellees’ separate boundaries subsequently were carved. By mesne conveyances, appellant became, and now is, the owner of these oil and gas rights, its immediate grantor being Blkhorn Coal Corporation. The deed from Charles and others to the Northern Coal & Coke Company, among…