Faith United Methodist Church & Cemetery of Terra Alta v. Morgan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that because the deed conveyed a “surface only” interest meant that only the surface estate was conveyed
• overruling Ramage v. South Penn Oil Co., 94 W.Va. 81, 118 S.E. 162 (1923)
• “When the language used is plain and unambiguous, courts are required to apply, not construe, the contract.”
• “Deeds are subject to the principles of interpretation and construction that govern contracts generally.”
• “Deeds are subject to the principles of interpretation and construction that govern contracts generally.”
• “The common law rule—cujus est solum ejus est usque ad coelum et ad inferos—is that a land owner with a fee simple title owns everything over the land and under it to the center of the earth.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).