Legal Opinion
Williams Pocahontas Coal Co. v. Berwind Land Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1935No. 3787PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in equity brought in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, in December, 1932, by the appellee, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, against the appellant, hereinafter referred to as the defendant. Evidence was taken and in June, 1934, the court below entered a decree in favor of the plaintiff from which decree this appeal was brought.
The facts as found by the judge below show that by lease dated April 1, 1929, the New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company leased to the defendant all the coal…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Home Insurance v. Baltimore Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Uhl v. Ohio River RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Scraggs v. HillWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
- Laurence E. Tierney Land Co. v. Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Babcock Coal & Coke Co. v. Brackens Creek Coal Land Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1946
- Stonega Coke & Coal Co. v. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Stonega Coke & Coal Co. v. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1939
- College of the Virgin Islands v. Vitex Manufacturing Co.Municipal Court of The Virgin Islands · 1965
- Price v. Stonega Coke & Coal Co.District Court, W.D. Virginia · 1938
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