182 W. Va. 342 - Wilson v. Xander’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 165 W. Va. 140 - BD. OF ED. v. Van Buren & Firestone, Architects · 176 W. Va. 638 - McCullough Oil, Inc. v. Rezek · Fey v. A. A. Oil Corp. · Continental Oil Co. v. Osage Oil & Refining Co. · 84 W. Va. 67 - Ohio Fuel Oil Co. v. Greenleaf
Most-quoted passages
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“When the habendum clause in an oil and gas lease requires drilling or production within the primary term for the lessee to avoid forfeiture and termination of the lease, the courts will normally honor the letter of the lease; however, if the lessor himself hinders the lessee’s performance, precipitating the special limitation and de-feasance of the lessee’s estate, the doctrine of equitable estoppel effectively extends the lease for the reasonable time that justice may require for the lessee to begin production unhindered and avoid the special limitation. “For the lessee in an oil and gas lease to make out a theory of estoppel to prevent defeasance of his estate because of misconduct by the lessor, the lessee is required to use due diligence toward production; however, the lessee’s degree of diligence is a factual question.” Syl. pt. 2, Wilson .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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