Wood County Petroleum Co. v. West Virginia Transportation Co.

SNyder, Judge:

Edmund Cale and wife, the owners of a certain tract of land located in the “oil regions” in Ritchie county of this State, entered into an agreement with M. C. C. Church, dated January 17, 1871, by which they leased to him a specified portion of said land, “for the -purpose of 'mining and excavating for rock or carbon oil” and “for said purpose only” for the term of fifteen years from said date, the lessee “to have the privilege of using sufficient wood from the premises to run the necessary engines for the purpose of pumping, excavating and protecting the oil, and timber to…