Belcher v. Big Four Coal & Coke Co.

Williams, Peesident :

Andrew Belcher brought his suit in equity in the circuit court of McDowell county against the Big Four Coal & Coke Compaq, a corporation, John Stanilaus Brophy and James Francis Brophy, and the Cirrus Coal & Coke Company, a corporation, defendants, to recover an alleged balance of royalty due him, on coal mined pursuant to a coal lease executed by said Belcher and his wife to the company first above named, on the 15th day of August, 1899. The bill also prays for a discovery by the defendants of the respective amounts of coal mined by them during their several operations…