Robertson v. Bertha Mineral Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Pulaski county. Decree for defendants. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelley, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing upon demurrer a bill in .equity filed for the purpose of enjoining and restraining the defendants from using a certain railroad right of way.
The material facts as stated in the bill may be summarized as follows:
In the year- 1878 the Altoona Coal and Iron Company obtained from the General Assembly of Virginia a charter of incorporation “for the purpose of mining coal, iron, salt, limestone, lead, zinc, manganese, or other ore, and manufacturing the same in the counties of Pulaski, Wythe and Bland, and with…
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