(June 2, 2017, 2:12 PM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on May 19 ruled that a hydraulic fracturing company was not entitled to relief in a lease dispute because the company failed to demonstrate that a trial court committed prejudicial error when it denied the company’s request for judicial notice of what it said were facts contained in multiple deeds, assignments and certificates of merger related to the mineral rights (Ascent Resources – Marcellus LLC f/k/a American Energy-Marcellus LLC v. Galford Wadsworth Jr., et al., No. 16-0566, W.Va. Sup.; 2017 W. Va. LEXIS 348)....