Steinman v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for. the Western District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. , . , Suit by the Clinchfield Coal Corporation against A. J.'Steinman for specific performance of an oral agreement to convey land. Decree for compláinant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, A. J. Steinman, claiming under a conveyance dated December 18, 1874, made by Philip Fleming of all the coal, iron ore, and other minerals and fire clay in and under a tract of land containing 1,000 acres, brought an action of ejectment against the Clinchfield Coal Corporation for a tract of 54 acres, which was included in Philip Fleming’s conveyance. The Clinchfield Coal Corporation then instituted this suit in equity alleging that John W. Fleming had acquired an equitable title to the land from his father, Philip Fleming, by a parol gift in 1870; and that…
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- Campbell v. Fetterman's HeirsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
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- Plunkett v. BryantSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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