Legal Opinion
Cole v. Ross Coal Company
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided May 2, 1957No. Civ. A. 823PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.
This is an action for declaratory judgment brought under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2201, seeking construction of a deed and a declaration of the rights of the parties thereunder. Plaintiffs are trustees of a real estate trust created in 1916, and are citizens of Indiana and Ohio. Defendant is a West Virginia corporation.
The deed in controversy, dated August 10, 1939, concerns real estate and underlying coal seams situated in Logan County, West Virginia, in the Southern District of West Virginia. Plaintiffs seek a judicial determination that under that instrument…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Jilek v. Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1943
- West Virginia - Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. StrongWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
- Williams v. GibsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Sardo v. McGrath Attorney General of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- American Auto. Ins. Co. v. Indemnity Ins. Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1952
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3Cited by6 opinions
- McLaughlin v. CopelandDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1977
- Plastic Container Corporation v. Continental Plastics of Oklahoma, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- Ross Coal Company, a Corporation v. Albert H. Cole, Charles H. Stephens, Jr., and Louise K. Laws, Trustees of Cole& Crane Real Estate TrustCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- West Africa Navigation, Ltd., of Monrovia v. Ore & Ferro Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- Walk-In Medical Centers, Inc. v. Breuer Capital Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1986
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