Roach v. Harty Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wyoming County. Action by John Roach against the Harty Coal Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
About the 18th of May, 1915, the plaintiff and a representative of the defendant by the name of Hanna entered into negotiations for the cutting and logging of the timber on the defendant company’s lease. The result of these negotiations was reduced to a contract in writing, by which the plaintiff agreed to cut, skid and haul all the workable timber on the lease to the skidway at the mill of the defendant company at a certain price. This contract was prepared in. duplicate and was executed upon his part, and Mr. Hanna, the defendant’s representative, advised him to go ahead and the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Barnes v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Bare v. Victoria Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Comstock v. Droney Lumber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
- Davis v. Grand Rapids School-Furniture Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
- Rowland Lumber Co. v. RossSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Lloyd Adriatico Societa Di Navigazione v. Consolidation Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1928