Leslie Co. v. Cosner Coal Co.

Fox, Judge:

On December 27, 1945, L. C. Halbritter was the owner of the Upper Freeport seam of coal in several tracts of land situated in Preston County, and on that date conveyed the said coal to R. Doyne Halbritter and Edward W. Eardley, Trustees, to secure to John R. Dawkins the payment of $7,400.00, advanced by said Dawkins to said Halbritter, pursuant to the terms of a then contemplated agreement and coal lease between The Leslie Company, a corporation, and Cosner Coal Company, a corporation; such sum to be repaid to the said Dawkins, by Cosner Coal Company, out of royalties accruing to…