Snodgrass v. Koen
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Suit for partition by Charles L. Snodgrass against J. Turner Koen and others. Demurrer to bill sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
Claiming title to seven-eighths of the oil and gas contained within a tract of ñfty-six acres of land, part of a tract of sixty-nine acres jointly owned by Daniel S. Remley and his wife, Mary A. Remley, in Wetzel County, and conceding to the defendants title to the other one-eighth, plaintiff brought this suit for the partition by a sale of the minerals and division of the proceeds in the foregoing proportions; and being denied relief upon demurrer to the bill, he prosecutes this appeal.
The Remleys leased the sixty-nine acres to Samuel S. Tea-garden July 10, 1894, to explore for,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Paxton v. Benedum-Trees Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
- Garrett v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
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