Higgins v. Round Bottom Coal & Coke Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Marshall County. Suit by John Higgins against the Round Bottom Coal & Coke Company. From decree sustaining demurrers to plaintiff’s original and amended bills, he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE:
John Higgins has appealed from two .decrees of the circuit court of Marshall county, sustaining demurrers to his original and amended bills, seeking adjudication in his favor of title to the coal in a certain tract of land.
David Roberts, being the owner of 400 acres of land, bordering on the Ohio River, conveyed to Simon B. Purdy 13 acres and 87 poles thereof, by a deed,-dated January 7, 1843, and describing the same as follows: “ Beginning at *220a double lynn on the river bank, thence S. 15 W. 40 poles to a beech immediately on top of the Kiver Hill; thence S. 86 1-2 E. 58…
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