Shrewsbury v. Pocahontas Coal & Coke Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern-District of West Virginia, at Bluefield; Benjamin F. Keller, Judge. Suit in equity by the Pocahontas Coal & Coke Compány against G. W. Shrewsbury and others. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by the appellee, Pocahontas Coal & Coke Company, to quiet its title to the coal and minerals, the ownership of which is also claimed by appellants, in a certain tract of land in Wyoming county, W. Va., containing some 393 acres, and known as school section No. 163.
It appears that an extensive tract, stated to be 273,000 acres, became forfeited to the state of West Virginia for nonpayment of taxes, and that proceedings were instituted in 1880, in the circuit court of Wyoming county, by W. B. McClure, commissioner of school lands, against Jos. Maitland…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Clark v. SayersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
- Plant v. HumphriesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Wallace v. Elm Grove Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Summerfield v. WhiteWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- Armstrong v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
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- Kanawha & Hocking Coal & Coke Co. v. Carbon CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1975
- Clevinger v. Bull Creek Coal CompanySupreme Court of Virginia · 1957
- Gaston, William & Wigmore S. S. Corp. v. Cunard S. S. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1920
- Kanawha & Hocking Coal & Coke Co. v. Carbon CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1975