Phillips v. Piney Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Raleigh. County. Bill by Nannie L. Phillips against The Piney Coal & Coke Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MoWlIORTER, PRESIDENT:
Wilson Phillips was the owner of a tract of four hundred and thirty-five acres of land in Ealeigh County and desiring to convey to his wife two hundred acres of the said tract, he and his wife on the 27th of May, 1879, by deed of that date, conveyed to Peter E. Wilson, the father of Nannie L. Phillips, the wife of the grantor, a part of said tract described as follows: “Commencing at the mouth of a branch on Soak Creek; thence following the stream until it empties into the waters of Piney river; then following the course of the waters of Piney river for the distance of…
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