Chapman v. Mill Creek Coal & Coke Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Action by A. A. Chapman and others against the Mill Creek Coal & Coke Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
MilleR, Judge:
By grant bearing date on the 1st day of July, 1851, there was granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia, to David Hall and Henly Chapman, a tract of land containing 1,750 acres, lying in the counties of Mercer and Tazewell, the greater part thereof being in Mercer. The boundaries are set out in the grant.
On the 5th day of April, 1856, Hall and wife, and Chapman, by their deed, granted to David K. Perdue,, for the consideration of $307.75, that part of-said tract lying in the county of *194Mercer containing about 925 acres, described in the deed by metes and bounds. The deed contains…
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