Legal Opinion

England v. Central Pocahontas Coal Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 7, 1920PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Cases certified from the Circuit Court, McDowell County. Actions by Joseph England and another and by Mary Bishop and another against the Central Pocahontas Coal Company. Demurrers to declarations overruled, and questions certified.

1Opinion of the Court

MilleR, Judge:

In responding to.the questions certified we are called upon to say whether the declarations, as the circuit court determined they were, are good upon demurrer.

Both declarations are substantially alike except as to the. persons of the plaintiffs and the names of their deceased relatives for the invasion and desecration of whose graves these actions were brought. It is averred in each case that many years prior to 1880 there was set apart and dedicated as a burying ground or cemetery a lot or parcel of land in McDowell County, about one hundred yards from the mouth, of Upper…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Meagher v. DriscollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  2. Hortenstein v. Virginia-Carolina Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1904
  3. McDodrill v. Pardee & Curtin Lumber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  4. State v. HighlandWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1912

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. J. C. Penney Casualty Ins.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Whitehair v. Highland Memory Gardens, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Bennett v. 3 C Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Dunahoo v. BessSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
  5. Hill v. StowersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2009

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