State v. Central Pocahontas Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Cabell County. Suit by the State of West Virginia against the Central Pocahontas Coal Company, Lewis B. Cook and1 others. Decree for defendant Centra.! Pocahontas Coal Company, and defendants Lewis B. Cook and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
This suit was instituted for the purpose of having sale of a tract of 905 acres of land for the benefit of the school, fund. There are two sets of claimants to this land,, to-wit,. the Central Pocahontas Coal Company, claiming it under a, deed from John V. Bouvier and others; and A. D. Preston, and others, claiming it under a title derived from the commissioner of school lands of Wyoming county. This tract of 905 acres is a part of a larger grant of 480,000 acres made by the Commonwealth of Virginia in the year 1795 to Robert Morris. This 480,000-aere grant, together with another…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Toothman v. CourtneyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
- McClure v. MaitlandWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
- State v. HarmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. McEldowneyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
- State v. JacksonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Dickinson v. RandWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
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