Pardee & Curtin Lumber Co. v. Odell
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Nicholas County. Suit by the Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company against .John A. Odell and others. Prom the decree, the Gauley Coal Land Company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge :
Tbe plaintiff, in August, 1899, purchased from the defendant and appellant, G-auley Coal Land Company, the timber on a-tract of 4,516.8 acres, known as the Maury land, the residue of a tract of 6,666% acres, or the one-third allotted to Welch in the partition of 20,000 acres patented to Andrew Moore in 1794, the other thirds thereof going by said partition, one. to Andrew Moore’s heirs, and the other to Mc-Clungs. Later the lumber company took possession of the land and timber, occupying the land with its mills and lumber camps.
In 1909, while so occupying said land, plaintiff…
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