Craig v. Gauley Coal Land Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Nicholas County. Bill by J. S. Craig and others against the Gauley Coal Land Company. From a decree for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
POFEENBARGER, JUDGE :
On a bill for compensation for excess of land in a sale and conveyance thereof by the acre, filed by J. S. Craig and the executor of the will of W. M. Tyree against the Gauley Coal Land Company, the trial court found the land conveyed had over run the estimated quantity by 159-67/100 acres and entered a decree for the purchase money thereof at the rate of $5.00 per acre with interest thereon from March 18th 1891, the date of the deed which amounted at the date of the decree to the sum of $1758.35. It further declared said sum to be a lien upon the land1 by virtue of a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Thompson v. Whitaker Iron Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
- Sage v. HawleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844
- Craufurd's Adm'r v. Smith's Ex'orSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Weeks v. HullSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1849
- Newberger v. WellsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
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