Laing v. Price
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Raleigh County. Bill by Susan K. Laing and others against S. Lewis Price and others. Prom a decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE :
The two-fold purpose of the bill in this cause, rescission of a coal lease and restraint, by injunction, of an action of assumpsit to recover minimum rentals accrued on it and in arrears, was defeated by dissolution of the preliminary injunction and dismissal of the bill.
Additional grounds of relief, set up in the bill, were an alleged bar of the right of the defendants to the stipulated rentals; by a former adjudication, and an alleged termination of all rights under the lease by surrender thereof. The ground of rescission was alleged non-existence, in the leased land,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Sult v. A. Hochstetter Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
- Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company v. BamfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Foster v. Richard BusteedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- St. Lawrence Co. v. HoltWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Allen v. YeaterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1880
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Brand v. LowtherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
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