Mounts v. Mounts
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Logan County. Bill by Kennis F. Mounts and others against Lillie Mounts and others. Decree for plaintiffs, and certain defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Sanders, Judge:
On the 28th day of February, 1903, Moses Mounts leased to S. C. Fisher and others about eight hundred acres of land in Logan county for coal mining purposes. The lessees Jater conveyed said lease to the Fisher-Mounts Coal Com*179pany, which company conveyed same to the] Gay Coal and Coke Company.
Moses Mounts, on the 27th day of February, 1904, departed this life intestate. Later Kennis F. Mounts and others of his heirs instituted a suit to partition the land leased by him. With the bill upon which the land was partitioned the lease made by Moses Mounts to Fisher was exhibited, and…
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