Fisher v. Berwind
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Webster County. Bill by Jake Fisher against the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company and others. Decree for plaintiff, and E. J. Berwind and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Robinson, Judge:
A written agreement, dated November 22, 1902, between F. P. Rease and Jake Fisher, stipulated that the latter was to use his best efforts to acquire, without delay, under the direction of the former or his legal representatives, for the former in his name as trustee, at prices as low as possible and satisfactory to him, such coal lands and coal mining rights in Webster and Randolph counties as he or his legal representatives should from time to time indicate. Rease was to pay Fisher the sum of fifty cents an acre for all such coal lands actually purchased. In the event that…
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