Legal Opinion
Ross Coal Company, a Corporation v. Albert H. Cole, Charles H. Stephens, Jr., and Louise K. Laws, Trustees of Cole& Crane Real Estate Trust
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 11, 1957No. 7484PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
By this action for a declaratory judgment the plaintiffs, as Trustees of Cole & Crane Real Estate Trust, sought a construction of a deed and a declaration of the rights and interests of the parties, under the deed, in the surface of certain land and in underlying coal seams. A motion for summary judgment was granted under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. upon the motion of the Trustees. Cole v. Ross Coal Company, D.C., 150 F.Supp. 808. From this order, Ross Coal Company, the defendant below, has appealed to this Court.
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