Cecil v. Clark
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal'from Circuit Court, Summers County. Actions by W. P. Cecil and others and J. R. Hall and others, respectively, against E. W. Clark and others, trustees of the Flat Top Coal-Land Association. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BrannoN, Judge:
As will be seen in 44 W. Va. 659, (30 S.E. 216), these cases have before been passed on-in this Court. That decision settled that the tract of-land involved in this litigation was held by tenancy in cotnmon by certain trustees, holding for the Flat Top Coal-Land Association, and Cecil and others, as heirs of Henley Chapman, and Sarah E. Torbett, as one óf the heirs of Hall, — the trustees owning five and one-half tenths thereof; the Chapman heirs, four-tenths, and Mrs. Torbett, one-twentieth. The said trustees, claiming the entirety of the tract of land, and denying the Chapman…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Williamson v. JonesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
- Cecil v. ClarkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
- Ward v. Ward's HeirsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
- Hall v. VernonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
- Rust v. RustWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
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3Cited by7 opinions
- White v. SmythCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
- Cecil v. ClarkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
- McConaha v. RustWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2006
- Campbell v. Homer Ore Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1944
- Robertson Consolidated Land Co. v. PaullWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
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