Chandler v. French
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wyoming County. Suit by Walter T. Chandler against Nellie J. French and others. From decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
Plaintiff and defendant, James L>. Lowry, both claim the mineral underlying a tract of 375 acres of land situate in Wyoming county, mediately, under separate deeds from John P. Bailey as a common source of title, the plaintiff claiming under a deed made to Grigsby and Gooch on the 26th of September, 1885, and defendant under a mineral lease made to W. A. French on the 23rd of July, 1881, for a term of 99 years. Claiming that the deed to French was only an option, or at most a mining lease, and that it had been forfeited or abandoned by him, plaintiff brought this suit to have…
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