Dingess v. Huntington Development & Gas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Huntington; Benjamin F. Keller, Judge. . Ejectment by the Huntington Development & Gas Company against Henderson Dingess and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
The defendants below are plaintiffs in error here, but it will be more convenient to refer to them and to their adversary in accordance with the positions they had in the trial court.
The plaintiff in an ejectment suit sought to recover from the defendants a number of tracts of land aggregating upwards of 1,300 acres, all parts of what are known as the Samuel Smith grants, the exterior bounds of which inclose some 206,000 acres, but from which previously granted tracts having a combined surface of 86,000 acres had been excepted. Of the land in controversy the plaintiff…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sult v. A. Hochstetter Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
- Dunham & Shortt v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- Elder v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Rock House Fork Land Co. v. Raleigh Brick & Tile Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
- Winding Gulf Colliery Co. v. CampbellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
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- Miller v. EstabrookCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1921
- Boggs v. BoggsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1943
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