West Virginia - Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. Strong

Kenna, Judge:

This declaratory judgment proceeding was brought in the Circuit Court of Brooke County by West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Company against Isabelle Strong, J. C. Strong, Lydia K. Boyd and Walter E. Mahan, Trustee, for the purpose of having adjudicated its rights under the provisions of a deed to complainant’s remote grantor conveying all of the coal underlying a tract of 127.74 acres, excepting ten acres immediately surrounding a dwelling, and in addition expressly granting to the then grantee, together with the right to enter upon the land for the purpose of mining the coal and…