Bluestone Coal Co. v. Bell
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — Chancery has no jurisdiction of this case. — 7 W. Ya. 228; 20 W. Ya. 175. ' II. — The claim, of the plaintiff is without equity — 1 Lev. 111. III. — The lease was procured by false and fraudulent misrepresentations. — 67 Am. Dec. 675; 77 Am. Dec. 687; 19 W. Ya. 438; 32 Gratt. 312; 77 Va. 540; 78 Ya. 65; 83 Ya. 397; 5 Am. St. Rep. 285 n. Plaintiff can not claim to be. an innocent purchaser. — 62 Am. Dec. 402; 65 Am. Dec. 314; 15 Or. 385 ; 32 Am. Dec. 740; 55 Am.
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I. — Chancery has no jurisdiction of this case. — 7 W. Ya. 228; 20 W. Ya. 175. ' II. — The claim, of the plaintiff is without equity — 1 Lev. 111. III. — The lease was procured by false and fraudulent misrepresentations. — 67 Am. Dec. 675; 77 Am. Dec. 687; 19 W. Ya. 438; 32 Gratt. 312; 77 Va. 540; 78 Ya. 65; 83 Ya. 397; 5 Am. St. Rep. 285 n. Plaintiff can not claim to be. an innocent purchaser. — 62 Am. Dec. 402; 65 Am. Dec. 314; 15 Or. 385 ; 32 Am. Dec. 740; 55 Am. Dec. 147; 51 Am. Dec.-675; Sto. Eq. Dl. ⅜⅜ 54, 28, 806, 852, el seq. JV.— If not fraud there, was a mutual mistake. — 15 Am. &…
1Opinion of the Court
English, Pkesident :
On the 28tb day of March, 1872, David Bell of Mercer county entered into a written agreement witli Eli Bailey, Harrison W. Straley, David E. Johnston and Isaiah Bee, whereby be demised and leased unto them their personal representatives and assigns all coal, timber and mineral rights and privileges whatsoever contained on, in and beneath the surface of all and every part, portion and acre of his, the said David Bell’s, farm-lands, ground, property, and possessions, lying and being in the county of Mercer, W. Ya., on the waters of the Blnestone, adjoining James Bell, Green…
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