Bassell v. West Virginia Central Gas Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Harrison County. Bill by Alvin D. Bassell against the West Virginia Gas Company. From the decree,, defendant appeals and plaintiff cross-assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
f^OEEENBARGER, JUDGE :.The, cause in which this appeal was taken involves novel questions. One purpose of the bill filed by the lessor in an oil and gas lease is prevention of the use by the lessee, of compressors and pumps, in the operation of gas wells, in such manner as to increase the gas production of the wells now operated on the premises and thus curtail their lives or productive periods and limit the number of wells necessary to full’ development of the property, to the detriment of the lessor in two ways, reduction of the period of annual rental for each well and limitation of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hall v. Philadelphia Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
- Carnegie Natural Gas Co. v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
- Belcher v. Big Four Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
- Harbert v. Hope Natural Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
- Saltsburg Gas Co. v. Bor. of SaltsburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United Fuel Gas Company v. BattleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1969
- Utilities Production Corporation v. Carter Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Kimble v. Wetzel Natural Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
- Warfield Natural Gas Co. v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
- Ketchum v. Chartiers Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1939
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