Steinman v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Dickenson county. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
A. J. Steinman brought an action of ejectment in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia against the Clinchfield Coal Corporation, to recover all of the bituminous and other coal, iron ore and other minerals underlying a tract of 1,000 acres of land in Dickenson county. The plaintiff offered in evidence the following chain of title: Deed from Philip Fleming to A. J. Steinman and J. D. Price, dated December 18, 1874, recorded December 21, 1874; deed from J. D. Price to A. J. Steinman, dated December 31, 1874, recorded November 4, 1875.
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