BERRY ENERGY CONSULTANTS v. BENNETT

No. 16315.

331 S.E.2d 823 (1985)

BERRY ENERGY CONSULTANTS AND MANAGERS, INC., a West Virginia Corporation, and Mountain State Drilling Association, a Pennsylvania Partnership v. James C. BENNETT and Joann Bennett. James C. BENNETT, Joann Bennett and Nora M. Bennett v. W.B. BERRY, Berry Energy Consultants and Managers, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation, J & J Enterprises, Inc., a Corporation, Mountain State Drilling Association, a Pennsylvania Partnership, and Robert C. Smith, an Agent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. Deem and Evans L. King, Jr., Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, for appellants.

Jerald E. Jones, Jones, Williams, West & Jones, Clarksburg, for appellees.


McHUGH, Justice:

This action is before this Court upon the petition of James C. Bennett, Joann Bennett and Nora M. Bennett for an appeal from the final order of the Circuit Court of Upshur County, West Virginia. The Bennetts, lessors, seek relief from the determination of the circuit court that an oil and gas lease upon the Bennetts' Upshur County property had not been abandoned by the lessees, W.B. Berry, et al.1 This Court has...

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