Osborne v. Big Stone Gap Colliery Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from two decrees of the Corporation Court of the city of Bristol pronounced February 20, 1896, and August 3, 1896, in two chancery suits heard together, one under the style of Big Stone Gap Colliery Co. v. Bank of Big Stone Gap and Others, and the other under the style of Willis v. Big Stone Gap Colliery Co. and Others, in each of which the appellees were defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from two decrees of the Corporation Court of the city of Bristol in the causes heard together, styled Big Stone Gap Colliery Co. v. The Bank of Big Stone Gap et als., and J. M. Willis v. Big Stone Gap Colliery Co. et als., removed from the Circuit Court of Wise county, and the facts disclosed are as follows:
In October, 1892, J. H. Allen entered into an agreement *60with J. II. Haskell, agent, wherebj' Allen leased from Haskell 1,000 acres of coal land in Wise county. Haskell was to secure a right of way for a railroad from the coal…
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