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WELCH v. CAYTON

No. 19144.

395 S.E.2d 496 (1990)

Mary M. WELCH, et al. v. Don B. CAYTON, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walton S. Shepherd, Sissonville, for Ralph A. Grady Sr.

Eobert Bays, Ruley & Everety, Parkersburg, for Cabot Corp.

Orville L. Hardman, Hardman & Powell, Parkersburg, Alan Simms, Elizabeth, for Mary M. Welch, Michael D. Coccia.

John R. Haller, Haller & Wagner, Weston, for Don Cayton, Edward N. Hitt, Inland Oil Co.

Richard A. Hayhurst, Parkersburg, for Ashland Oil Co.

NEELY, Justice:

This case involves the ownership of the oil and gas underlying a forty-five acre tract of land located in Ritchie County. It is a dispute among an owner of the oil and gas estate, an owner of the surface, who believes he has title to the oil and gas as well, an oil exploration firm who found and extracted oil and gas under a lease from the surface owner, and two companies which purchased oil and gas from the exploration company.

Mary Welch...

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