Clinchfield Coal Corp. v. Steinman
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. Action by A. J. Steinman against the Clinchfield Coal Corporation, in which the Clinchfield Coal Company petitioned to be made a party. There was a judgment for plaintiff against defendant, and a denial of the petition of the Clinchfield Coal Company, and it and defendant separately bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
In this action of ejectment, brought by A. J. Steinman against the Clinchfield Coal Corporation for the coal, iron ore, and other minerals and fire clay on a tract of land of 100 acres, the District Judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff on the ground that the parties claimed title from a common source and that the plaintiff had shown the older conveyance. The questions are somewhat different as to the two parcels known as the “Barrett Tract” and the “Redwine Tract,” which together make up the land described in the declaration.
The plaintiff, Steinman, introduced as…
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