Legal Opinion

Watson v. Buckhannon River Coal Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 4, 1923PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

' Lively, Judge.:

This writ is to review a judgment for $25,244.37, rendered on September 27, 1922, in favor of plaintiff below.

The action is assumpsit for breach of a written contract of sale and purchase of coal executed the 29th of May, 1916, and modified or supplemented by a writing dated the 17th day of October, 1916. The proper construction of this original and supplemental contract is the question upon which practically all of the assignments of error are based. The lower court construed the contract as contended for by plaintiff, and at the conclusion of the. evidence gave instructions…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Etting v. Bank of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1826
  2. Uhl v. Ohio River RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Dana v. . FiedlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
  4. Goddard v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  5. Mylius v. Raine-Andrew Lumber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1911

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Cotiga Development Co. v. United Fuel Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Estate of Tawney Ex Rel. Goff v. Columbia Natural Resources, L.L.C.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Kanawha Banking & Trust Co. v. GilbertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Franklin v. PenceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Murphy v. North American River Runners, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1991

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