Virginia Coal & Iron Co. v. Richmond & Clinchfield Coal Corp.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Wise county. Decree for complainant. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSaunders, J.
This is a controversy in part between J. C. Richmond and the Virginia Coal and Iron Company, and in other part between Richmond and the Clinchfield Coal Corporation. J. C. Richmond is the owner of a tract of ninety-six and three fourths acres of land (hereinafter referred- to as *260the ninety-six-acre tract) on Haddox branch, in Wise county, Virginia. The Virginia Coal and Iron Company (hereinafter called the Coal and Iron Company) claims the coal and other minerals underlying this land.
Richmond acquired title to the above tract by a deed from one F. M. Chisenhall, bearing date February 21,…
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