Meem, Haskins & Mitchell v. Big Ax Pocahontas Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Buchanan county. Decree for the defendant. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This is an attachment in equity brought by appellants, Meem, Haskins & Mitchell, a firm of civil and mining engineers with offices at Bluefield, W. Va., to recover from appellee, the Big Ax Pocahontas Coal Company, a nonresident corporation with offices in Chicago, Illinois, $2,841.77 for certain surveying done by them for the corporation. From a decree of the circuit court denying plaintiffs’ demand this appeal was allowed. The parties will hereinafter be referred to as plaintiffs and defendant.
In November, 1910, the defendant acquired by purchase 17,560 acres of land situated in Buchanan…
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