Harvey Coal & Coke Co. v. Dillon
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Fayette County. Bill by the Harvey Coal & Coke Company against C. W. Dillon, tax commissioner, and others. Decree for defendants and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Peesident:
The Harvey Coal and Coke Company, a corporation, presented to the Honorable W. 1-t. Bennett, judge of the circuit court of Fayette county, a chancery bill setting up that on the 20th of May, .1893, it made a contract with Morris Harvey and others for the purchase of all the coal in the Sew-ell seam in certain land, together with the right to enter upon the surface and use so much of the surface as might be required in mining, for which the company was to pay Harvey and others ten cents per ton for all coal mined; that it had actually developed the coal mine and was engaged…
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