Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co. v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of the Circuit Court of Wise county, in a suit in chancery, wherein appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants; and from a decree in another suit, in which appellees were the complainants, and in which appellant filed a petition to rehear.
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Appeal from decrees of the Circuit Court of Wise county, in a suit in chancery, wherein appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants; and from a decree in another suit, in which appellees were the complainants, and in which appellant filed a petition to rehear. The following statement of the facts in this case is taken from the brief of counsel for the appellees: Prior to 1876, one Thomas Rogers died, leaving five heirs, viz: Louisa Spear, wife of William Spear; Elizabeth, the wife of Jonathan Richmond; Raney, the wife of John Jones; Evelyn, the wife of John Venable,…
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Wise county, sustaining a demurrer to a bill, as amended, filed by the appellant against the appellees, and dismissing the same; to a decree dismissing a bill of review filed by the appellant, to review- that decree; and to a decree striking from the docket the cause of Hunsucker, &c. v. Spear, &c., in which the appellant’s bill, as amended, was asked to be treated as a petition to rehear. The object of appellant’s bill was to remove a cloud upon its title to certain coal and mineral rights claimed by it.
It is insisted by the appellees…
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