Wallace v. Eclipse Pocahontas Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
-Appeal from Circuit Court, Mercer County. Suit for specific performance of contract by J. S. Wallace •against the Eclipse Pocahontas Coal Company and others. •Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MlLLER, PRESIDENT:
This is a suit for'specific performance of a contract. The •contract alleged and as the court below found, and we find established by the -evidence, was made in December 1916, supplemented by one of January 18, 1917, between plaintiff •and the defendants Perkins and Griffith, the latter acting for themselves and their associates O’Keeffe and Weller, all promoters of the defendant corporation, organized afterward for the purpose of taking over and operating a tract of about 600 acres of coal in McDowell county, an option for a lease on which was then owned or controlled by…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Dickerman v. Northern Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Simmons Creek Coal Co. v. DoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Snyder v. Charleston & Southside Bridge Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Newman v. NewmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
- Marshall's Ex'r v. HallWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- Clifton v. TombCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
- Central Trust Co. v. Virginia Trust Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1938
- Doane Agricultural Service, Inc. v. Neelyville Grain Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- Hoge v. PollardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936