Musgrave v. Musgrave
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Monongalia County. Suit by J. T. Musgrave against S. C. Musgrave and others for an accounting for royalties produced from oil and gas wells and for a division thereof -among all the heirs at law of John ■J. Musgrave, deceased. Demurrer to bill sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
On the 7th of March, 1902, John J. Musgrave, being the owner of a tract of about 335 acres of land, executed an oil and gas lease thereon for the term of ten years from its date, and as long thereafter as oil and gas, or either of them, is produced therefrom, and providing further for the delivery of a certain stipulated proportion of the production to the owner of the land as consideration for the lease. In 1895 he made his will devising this land to his several children. By the terms of the will it was cut up into several different tracts, one of which was de*120vised to each of the…
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