United States Coal, Iron & Manufacturing Co. v. Randolph County Court
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 27 W. Ya. 785; Section 94, chapter 161, Acts 1882; 28 W. Ya. 264 ; 86 W. Va. 341; Section 3 Article 8, Constitution W. Ya ; Chapter 36, Acts of 1891..
1Opinion of the Court
English, Judge :
In the month of September, 1892, the United States Coal, Iron & Manufacturing Company applied to the County Court of Randolph county to have certain coal-rights held by it as assignee of certain leases or contracts stricken from the assessment-books as improperly charged against it, and as improperly assessable. The petition was predicated upon the following facts :
In the year 1872 one Isaac Carpenter by contract took from Crawford Scott and several others the right to mine the coal from several different tracts of land aggregating one thousand one hundred and fifty one acres,…
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