Sperry v. Premier Pocahontas Collieries Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Case Certified from Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by J. J. Sperry and others against the Premier Pocahontas Collieries Company for cancellation of a mining lease. Demurrer to bill overruled, and ruling certified.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGETt, JlJDGE:
The Circuit Court of McDowell County, has certified 'to this court for review its order overruling a demurrer to a bill filed for cancellation, upon several grounds alleged, of a mining lease under which the defendant is mining coal; and, alternatively, for a decree fixing the amount due the plaintiff on account of royalties and the times at which payments thereof are to be made, and requiring the defendant to provide ways and means by which an accurate account may be kept of the coal mined from the leased premises. There is also -a prayer for general relief.
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