Wees v. Coal & Iron Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Randolph. County. Bill by Perry H. Wees and others against the Coal & Iron Railway Company. Decree for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
McWhORTER, PRESIDENT :
Perry II. Wees, Jesse W. Godden, Charles E. Mylius, Philip G. Harper, and W Harrison Coberly presented their hill in equity to the judge of the circuit of Randolph count]'' against the Coal & Iron Railway Company, alleging that said company was engaged in the construction of a railroad southward from the city of Elkins to a point on Greenbrier River'in Pocahontas county; that plaintiffs were land owners, owning land along or in the vicinity of the said line of railroad on or near the Shafer’s Pork of Cheat River in Randolph cotinty, said railroad running through a part,…
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