Stanley v. United Fuel Gas Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Putmau County. Action by Joel Stanley against the United Fuel Gas Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, PResident:
Plaintiff, the lessor, recovered a judgment against defendant, the lessee, in an action for damages for an alleged breach of covenant, in an oil and gas lease, to drill offset wells upon the leased premises, and thereby protect it from drainage through wells drilled upon adjacent lands,- and defendant was granted this writ of error.
Defendant acquired by assignment from the Elkton Gas- & Oil Company, on October 17, 1906, an oil and gas lease-which plaintiff had executed to that company on April 24, 1905, covering a tract of land in Putman and Lincoln counties, described as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carper v. United Fuel Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
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