Atkins v. Grey Eagle Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Action by J. Dennis Atkins, sole trader, etc., against tbe Grey Eagle Coal Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
As owner, by purchase in due course, of scrip, or disks, of denominations ranging from five cents to one dollar, payable in merchandise, signed, issued and delivered by the Grey Eagle Coal Company, a coal mining corporation organized and doing business under the laws of this state, to its employees, J. Dennis Atkins, trading as the Atkins Company, brought suit before a justice of the peace of Mingo county to recover from the coal company the total face value of such scrip, amounting to the sum of $72. From a judgment for *28that amount, defendant appealed to the circuit court,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Holden v. HardySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Muller v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- McLean v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Erie Railroad v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Knoxville Iron Co. v. HarbisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by9 opinions
- Mullins v. VenableWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- Robertson v. Opequon Motors, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1999
- Western v. Buffalo Mining Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
- White v. Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1933
- Holliday v. Elkhorn-Piney Coal Mining Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.