Clark v. Beard
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Pocahontas County. Action by Preston S. Clark against Emma C. Beard. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Cox, Judge:
Sheldon Clark, owning a large quantity of land in Poca*670hontas county, by deed dated the 29th of August, 1868, conveyed a part of his land to his sons Preston and Peter, reserving one-half interest in all the “stone coal” in parcels of the land so conveyed, with certain privileges as to the use thereof. By deed dated the same day, Sheldon Clark conveyed another part of his land to his son Sherman; and it is claimed that by this deed he also conveyed to Sherman the one-half interest in the “stone coal” reserved by the deed to Preston and Peter. In 1872, Peter died, and a controversy…
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