Pittsburgh & West Virginia Gas Co. v. Nicholson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Cases Certified from Circuit Court, Doddridge County. ' Separate suits by the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Gas Company against A. B. Nicholson and others and against G. W. Swisher and others. Demurrers to the bills were overruled, and cases certified to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
RlTZ, PRESIDENT:
In each of the above entitled canses the plaintiff filed a bill for the purpose of enjoining and restraining the defendants from interfering with it in any way in the operation of certain gas wells drilled upon the lands of the defendants. The circuit court overruled the demurrer to the bills, and certified the questions arising thereon to this court for its decision.
It appears that the defendant in each case is the owner of a tract of land situate in Doddridge county, and that a number of years ago each executed a lease on his land for the purpose of its development for oil…
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