Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co. v. Graham
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of city of Roanoke. Decree for defendants. Complainant appeals. The opinion states .the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
The briefs herein filed are unique in that (either purposely or inadvertently) counsel have observed Rule II (120 Va. v, 94 S. E. vi). This rule requires the briefs to contain a concise abstract or statement of the facts admitted and controverted, which are disclosed by the record. When fairly observed, the precise questions involved are manifest and much subsequent labor for the court and counsel will be thereby avoided.
The facts here to be considered are: that by indenture of December 31, 1897, David P. Graham and wife demised unto Carter Coal and Iron Company for forty years from January…
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