Western Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Peytona Cannel Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
The opinion of the Court contains a sufficient statement of the case. The Hod. James W. Hoge, judge of the circuit court of Kauawha county, presided in said circuit court on the 14th day of May, 1872, the date of the rendition of the decree appealed from.
1Opinion of the Court
Hoppjian, Judge:
Voluminous and complicated as is the record of this case, the statement of a few prominent facts extracted from its contents, and the suggestion of a few principles applicable to the subject, will suffice to illustrate and control the decision of the points presented for adjudication.
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*413In tlie year 1849, William M. Peyton of •owned a large tract of land in the County of Boone, Coal River and Drawdy’s Creek, Indian Creek, waters ■of Laurel Creek, tributaries of that river, and waters; in the larger parts of which wore beds of cannel ■coal of great value. Drawdy’s Creek and Indian…
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