Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-27
Legal NOTICES.
Sale Of Valuable Oil Properly
by Court Commissioners.
In the Circuit Court of Mononga1ia
County, West Virginia.

In the Circuit Court of Monongalia
County, West Virginia.
IN CHANCERY.
Charles A. Weaver, David ]. States,
tus A Straub, Charles l.. Straub. Jr.,
John n. Straub, Bertha G.. Letzkus. Ed
ma K. Straub, and FriedaA Straub, Alma
s sfraub' arshibs, , y. ! st ssras,n E sna R,, =;
Straub. said Frieda. Alma. Walter. Rus
sell, Archibald and Elisa Straub being
all minors, who sue by Chares L. Straub,
George II. Jones. Edgar NJ. Lewis, H. W.
Hunter, J.. NJ. Sullivan, Fred L. Drew,
Charles NJ Root and v. T. Clayton,
Jerome B. Akin. A. P. Taught. T. s.. Nc
Cay, and the Eureka Pipe Lin Com
pany, a corporation. Defendants.
BY virtue of DEGREES rendered in the
above entitled cause on the 9th day OF
February, 1860, and on the 18th day of
February: 1901, the undersigned special
Saturday, the 30th Day of March,
A. d. 1901,
commencing at ten o'clock a. M, at the
front door of the court house of Monon-
gala county, in the city of Morgantown,
West Virginia. sell at public auction. 70
the highest and best bidder, the leasehold
interests held by the said plaintiffs, and
by the said defendant, Jerome B. Akin, by
and under the lease dated September 18th,
=. Taught II SndllSS 1OWcES,
such interests being Inc snure working
leasehold interests created by and exist
ing in and to the A. P. Haugnt farm an
der the said lease, such sale and working
interests to include all the rights, title
and interests of all the parties to this
suit in n to the machinery. boilers. cas-
ing, tubing. tanks, wood rigs, pipes, tools
and all fixtures used in. about or with the
two wells now on said farm, the said
lease granting to the said Powers (under
whom the plaintiffs ana said Jerome B.
AiEin alaipa nnHar o SCION m ont oil of rllph
interests), all the Oil and gas in and under
the said farm, together with the right
to enter thereon at all times for the pur-
pose OF drilling and operating tor OIL, gas
or water, and to erect and maintain all
buildings and structures, lay all pipes and
make all connections necessary for the
production and transportation of oil, gas
or water taken from said farm. except
ing and reserving, however. to the said
A. P. Taught the one-eighth part of all
oil produced from the said leased prem
Uses. to be delivered to the pipe line with
which the lessees connect said farm, be-
ing all that certain tract of land in the
district of Battelle. in Monongaiia county.
in the State of West Virginia, and bound
ed and described as follows, to-wits
On the North by lands Of Merryman
Price and others;
On the East by lands of A. z. JohnSon;
On the South by lands of A. p. Johnson;
On the West by lands of Benson Nick
els and others,
Containing one hundred and sixty-one
acres more or less, including in such work
ing Ieasehold interests and sale all the
rights, title and interest of all the parties
boilers, casing. tubing, tanks, wood rigs,
pipes, tools, and all fixtures used in,
about or with the two oil wells now on
said farm.
There have been two oil wells drilled on
the said farm under sald lease, one of
which has been a paying producer for
about two years past, and the other Tor
about one year and a half past. The said
lease is of record in the office of the clerk
of the county court OF said Monongalia
county, in the court house in Morgantown,
in deed book No. 46, page 2S5, and refer
ence to such lease as there recorded is
here made. Such working interests will
be sold separately in the south Ill acres
of said farm, said III acres being south of
a line drawn due east and west through
said farm, with such machinery, tools and
fixtures used in, about or with the oil
well on said Ill acres, from such work
ing interests in the remaining so acres of
the farm, with the machinery, tools and
fixtures used in. about or with the oil
well on said so acres.
Terms of Sale-One-third and as much
more of the purchase money as the pur-
chaser shah elect to- pay in cash; the re-
able at one and two years from the date
of sale, with interest from that day, the
purchaser to give his promissory notes
with personal security satisfactory to the
interest from said day of sale for each of
said installments, and payment of the
said notes shall be further secured by. the
title to the property sold being retained
GEORGE s. CALDWELL.
GEO C. BAKER,
Special Commissioners.
I, William E. Glasscock. Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Monongalia county, in
the State of West Virginia, do certify that
bono and security has been given by Geo.
B. Caldwell and Geo. c.. Baker, the above
named Special Commissioners as required
by law and the DEGREES of said court.
Given under my hand as such clerk this
18th day of February, A. D. 1901.
WM. E. GLASSCOCK,
mh6oawt Clerk.