West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. v. Cheat Mountain Club
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Philippi; Alston G. Dayton, Judge. Suit in equity by the Cheat Mountain Club against the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company. Decree for complainant (205 Fed. 195), and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
On May 17, 1913, the District Judge made a final decree enjoining the defendant, West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company, from interfering with the enjoyment of rights which he adjudged the plaintiff, Cheat Mountain Club, had acquired in the use of a large tract of land owned by the defendant company. It is unnecessary to set out the conveyances in detail, since it is admitted that the company acquired the land through Dewing & Sons, that Dewing & Sons on January 12, 1887, made a lease for 50 years to the Sportsmen’s Association, that the plaintiff club acquired the rights of…
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