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A Fresh Look At An Old Tort: Litigating Slander Of Title In Mineral Disputes, J. Zak Ritchie
A Fresh Look At An Old Tort: Litigating Slander Of Title In Mineral Disputes, J. Zak Ritchie
West Virginia Law Review
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Disturbing Surface Rights: What Does Reasonably Necessary Mean In West Virginia, Clinton W. Smith
Disturbing Surface Rights: What Does Reasonably Necessary Mean In West Virginia, Clinton W. Smith
West Virginia Law Review
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Use Of The Containing Space After The Removal Of Subsurface Minerals, Robert T. Donley
Use Of The Containing Space After The Removal Of Subsurface Minerals, Robert T. Donley
West Virginia Law Review
Two recent West Virginia cases-one expressly, and the other inferentially-again bring to prominence the much-debated question of who has the "ownership" of the space remaining after the removal of subsurface minerals where there has been a severance in title of them from the other strata. It may be remarked, at the outset, that the results reached by the courts are the same whether the title of the mineral owner be granted to him or whether it be excepted by him from a grant of the land. The discussion which will follow is not in the spirit of adverse criticism of …
Formal Requirements For Creation Of The Oil And Gas Lessee's Interest, William D. Warren
Formal Requirements For Creation Of The Oil And Gas Lessee's Interest, William D. Warren
Vanderbilt Law Review
The practice of the courts of employing almost as many varying and contradictory descriptions of the nature of the lessee's interest under the usual oil and gas lease as there are petroleum producing states has a historical origin which is clearly traceable. In the latter half of the nineteenth century as each of the known oil bearing states was slowly explored and developed for petroleum, it fell the lot of their courts to solve the complicated legal problems arising in this new and unique industry. Equipped with but little accurate scientific knowledge about the physical behavior of oil and gas, …
Future Interests-Rule Against Perpetuities--Validity Of An Option Incident To A Lease Exercisable After The Expiration Of The Lease, Irving Slifkin S.Ed.
Future Interests-Rule Against Perpetuities--Validity Of An Option Incident To A Lease Exercisable After The Expiration Of The Lease, Irving Slifkin S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
On November 13, 1941, plaintiff entered into a lease with defendant granting defendant the exclusive right to mine and remove coal from plaintiff's mine for twenty years. Incident to the lease defendant was granted the option, "at any time subsequent to November 1st, 1945, to purchase the remaining tonnage of recoverable coal" at a specified price. A deed thereto was placed in escrow. In January, 1946, defendant elected to exercise the option, tendered the price, and received the deed from escrow. Plaintiff refused to recognize the validity of the option and commenced an action in equity to cancel the deed …