Virginia Coal & Iron Co. v. Hylton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Wise county. The complainant appeals from a decree which: was in part adverse to its claim.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
*420This suit was instituted by the appellant, The Virginia Coal and Iron Company, for the purpose of obtaining partition of the coal and other minerals in and under a 700 acre tract of land lying in Wise county. The appellant claimed an undivided four-fifths interest in the mineral under a conveyance to J. D. Price and A. J. Steinman . from the wife and three of the four children of James M. Gibson made in the year 1874. The appellant by regular conveyances acquired the title of Price and Steinman to the said mineral interests. After the conveyance to Price and Steinman the children of James M.…
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