Carleton Mining & Power Co. v. West Virginia Northern Railroad

Litz, President:

The object of this suit is to cancel a sale and conveyance by plaintiff, Carleton Mining & Power Company, to defendant, West Virginia & Northern Railroad Company, of a railroad extension, and to require an accounting by defendant to- the plaintiff for revenues derived from its operation. The case has been certified to test the ruling of the circuit court sus-, taining a demurrer to the bill.

The bill alleges that the plaintiff is a corporation owning and operating a coal mining plant in Preston County, West Virginia; that the defendant is also a corporation owning and operating…