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Perdue v. Caswell Creek Coal & Coke Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 1895PublishedCited by 9 opinions

cited Code, p. 1040; 3 W. Va. 335; 33 W. Va. 447; 36 W. Va. 454; 1 Greenl. Ev. (14+h Ed.) § 513; 7 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law 77; 21 W. Va. 16; 14 Pet. 19; 6 Pet. 498; 21 w/ Va. 741; 11 W. Va. 75; 1 Wash. 88; 11 Gratt. 405; 11 W. Va. 704; 101 U. S. 797; 1 Black. (U. S.) 204; 60 Am. Dec. 219; 50 Am. Dec. 545; 69 Am. Dec. 408; 70 Am. Dec. 57; 85 Am. Dec. 78; 12 Am. Dec. 656; 36 Am. Dec. 448; 37 Am.

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cited Code, p. 1040; 3 W. Va. 335; 33 W. Va. 447; 36 W. Va. 454; 1 Greenl. Ev. (14+h Ed.) § 513; 7 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law 77; 21 W. Va. 16; 14 Pet. 19; 6 Pet. 498; 21 w/ Va. 741; 11 W. Va. 75; 1 Wash. 88; 11 Gratt. 405; 11 W. Va. 704; 101 U. S. 797; 1 Black. (U. S.) 204; 60 Am. Dec. 219; 50 Am. Dec. 545; 69 Am. Dec. 408; 70 Am. Dec. 57; 85 Am. Dec. 78; 12 Am. Dec. 656; 36 Am. Dec. 448; 37 Am. Dec. 384; 81 Tex. 258; 22 How. 18; 61 Vt. 298; 4 L. R, A. 425; 88 Mo. 418; 49 N. J. L. 289; 12 Vt. 150; 58 Vt. 642; 48 Vt. 211; 124 Mass. 270; 73 N. Y..205; 7 S. E. Rep. 473; 154 U. S. 163; 85 Me. 210; 16…

1Opinion of the Court

ENGLISH, Judge:

This was an action of trespass on the case brought by George W. Perdue against John Freeman and Jenkin Jones, late partners under the firm name and style of the Caswell Creek Coal & Coke Company, in the Circuit Court of Mercer county, to recover damages for coal mined and removed by said defendants from' a certain tract of land containing nineteen and thirty nine one-hundredths acres situated in said county.

The defendants demurred to the declaration and each count, which demurrer was overruled as to the first and second counts, and sustained as to the third count, and the case…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Johnson v. BurnsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Clarke v. Ohio River R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Brooks v. WilcoxSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
  4. Straley v. PerdueWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Meacham v. MooreMississippi Supreme Court · 1882

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. McNeeley v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Wheeler v. MurphyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Janssen v. Carolina Lumber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Edwards v. Moundsville Land Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
  5. State v. LittletonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916

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