Kelly v. Rainelle Coal Co.

64 S.E.2d 606 (1951)

KELLY et al.

v.

RAINELLE COAL CO.

No. 10309.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 11, 1951.

Decided March 13, 1951.

Dissenting Opinion March 19, 1951.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1951.

Peter Barrow, Jr., Richwood, John L. Detch, Lewisburg, Mahan, White & Higgins, Fayetteville, for plaintiff in error.

Sheldon E. Haynes, John A. Lile, Lewisburg, for defendants in error.

LOVINS, Judge.

G. R. Kelly and W. L. Kelly brought this action against Rainelle Coal Company, a corporation, in the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County, to recover damages for the alleged wilful mining…