Legal Opinion

Rosin Coal Land Co. v. Martin

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 9, 1917PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Action of unlawful detainer by the Rosin Coal Land Comr pany against Ephriam Martin. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge:

In unlawful detainer by landlord against tenant,. begun before a justice and upon appeal by plaintiff, first to the intermediate court of Kanawha County, and then to the circuit court, the only defenses interposed by defendant were, first, that the title to the land sued for would come in question; second, that when he entered into the lease contract with plaintiff he was already in possession of the land ■and signed the same upon condition that if plaintiff did not have title to the land, and it proved to be a part of the *35Dryden land said lease was to be of no effect, and that…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Voss v. KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Hukill v. GuffeyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Stover v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Voss v. KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Harman v. LambertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Ex parte WatsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Cardinal State Bank, Nat. Ass'n v. CrookWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Blumberg v. SnyderWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Putnam Company v. FisherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1945
  5. State v. HouchinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1924

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