Horse Creek Coal Land Co. v. Alderson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Benjamin F. Keller, Judge. Suit in equity by the Horse Creek Coal Hand Company against George P. Alderson and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Benjamin F. Keller, Judge. Suit in equity by the Horse Creek Coal Hand Company against George P. Alderson and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. This is a suit instituted in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, by the appellant, the Horse Creek Coal Land Company, as a privy in interest and estate of A. P. Levassor, executor and trustee, for-the purpose of carrying into execution a former decree of the Circuit Court…
1Opinion of the CourtPritchard, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).^ The facts of this case are numerous and more or less complicated. A consideration of the same has involved much study and investigation on the part of the court. However, in the last analysis, the case, in our opinion, turns on one point, to wit, as to whether the appellant is precluded by the judgment of the Supreme Court of West Virginia, in the case of Shrewsbury, Trustee, v. Horse Greek Coal Land Co., 78 W. Va. 182, 88 S. E. 1052, wherein it was held that:
“J. O. Alderson and R. 0. McClaugberty, on the 3d. day of January, 1898, and for many years…
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