King v. Panther Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This was a suit in equity by the appellant, a citizen of New York, against the appellee, a corporation of West Virginia, and one Kroll, a citizen of the latter State. Its object was to obtain a decree enjoining the defendant from cutting and removing timber from a certain tract of land in West Virginia, of which the plaintiff King claimed to be the owner.
The defendant corporation denied the plaintiff’s ownership of the land, and asserted title in itself.
The land in dispute is a part of a tract purporting to contain 500,000 acres, and which was patented in 1793 by the Commonwealth of Virginia…
2Cited by4 opinions
- King v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Fay v. CrozerSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Jones v. Buffalo Creek Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Fay v. CrozerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia · 1907