Lowther Oil Co. v. Miller-Sibley Oil Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Calhoun County. Action by A. W. Urpman against the Lowther Oil Company, and by the Lowther Oil Company against the Miller-Sibley Oil Company. Actions were consolidated. From the decree, Urpman and the Miller-Sibley Oil Company appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, Judge:'
Two chancery suits in the circuit court of Calhoun County were consolidated by order of the court, (as I think they should . not have been, as they involved distinct subjects,) and were':- . heard together, and a joint decree made in the two cases. One- . was a suit by the Lowther Oil Company against Miller-Sibley. Oil Company; the other a suit by A. W. Urpman against the Lowther Oil Company. A joint appeal from that decree was ' taken by Urpman and Miller-Sibley Oil Company.
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