Legal Opinion

McKell v. Collins Colliery Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 17, 1899PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to< Circuit Court, Payette County. Bill by Thomas G. McKell and wife against the Collins-Colliery Company. Decree for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

,McWhorter, Judge:

On the 15th day of June, 1893, Thomas G. McKell and Jean D. McKell, his wife, leased to the Collins Colliery Company, a corporation, for the period of twenty-five years from said date, for coal-mining and coal-coking purposes only, a tract of one thousand, thirty-six acres-of land in Fayette and Raleigh counties. Said lease contains the following reservations: “Also, the right of way for any railroads or wagon roads that may be required for the further development of any of the property of the lessors is excepted and reserved by lessors, and proper right of air courses from…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hayzlett v. McMillanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Teter v. W. Va. Cent. & Pa. R'dWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Stearns v. HarmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
  4. Hall v. PegramSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  5. Bissell v. GrantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1868

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Buffalo Mining Co. v. MartinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  2. City of Wheeling v. Chesapeake & Potomac Tel. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Cresap v. CresapWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Stevens v. MacRaeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923
  5. City of Lynchburg v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1936

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