Legal Opinion

Ruffner Bros. v. Welton Coal & Salt Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 26, 1892PublishedCited by 10 opinions

cited Code, c. 53, s. 51'; Code, c. 52, s. 48; 27 Me. 509 ; 35 Mo. 13; 13 Mete. 504; 55 Conn. 455; 30 Conn. 565 ; 68 Mo. 601; 59 Cal. 678 ; 23 H. Ii. 555; 5 Watts 152; 1 Woolw. 400; 45 Mich. 103 ; 6 Eel. & Bl. 341; 96 U. Y. 467-474; Mora. Corp. § 635; Id. 577, 593, 594, 610, 611; 28 Mo. 415; 1 Watts 385; Mora. Corp. §§ 578, 587, 588, 616, 618, 630; 69 Pa. St. 426, 429; 120 U. S. 256; 131 U. S. 371; Mora.

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cited Code, c. 53, s. 51'; Code, c. 52, s. 48; 27 Me. 509 ; 35 Mo. 13; 13 Mete. 504; 55 Conn. 455; 30 Conn. 565 ; 68 Mo. 601; 59 Cal. 678 ; 23 H. Ii. 555; 5 Watts 152; 1 Woolw. 400; 45 Mich. 103 ; 6 Eel. & Bl. 341; 96 U. Y. 467-474; Mora. Corp. § 635; Id. 577, 593, 594, 610, 611; 28 Mo. 415; 1 Watts 385; Mora. Corp. §§ 578, 587, 588, 616, 618, 630; 69 Pa. St. 426, 429; 120 U. S. 256; 131 U. S. 371; Mora. Corp. 626; 30 W. Va. 123; 24 Ind. 458; 21 Iiow. 545 ; 41 Barb. 9; 8 W. Va. 400, 441; 25 W. Va. 789; 20 W. Va. 443; Code, c. 75, s. 7; 30 W. Va. 454; 32 W. Va. 34; 33 W. Va. 449; 23 W. Va.…

1Opinion of the Court

English, Judge :

On the 4th day of May, 1879, one John D. Lewis, who is now deceased, conveyed a tract of land containing one hundred and eighty four acres, known as “Lot I,” in the plat of what is known as “Ruffner and Lewis,” situated a *246short distance from the Kanawha river, on the upper side of Campbell’s creek, in the county of Kanawha, which was principally valuable for the coal it contained, to D. L. Rufi-ner, trustee, to secure certain debts in said deed mentioned and for the purposes therein set forth. On the 1st of July, 1882, said I). L. Rufiher, as such trustee, leased said coal…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Crumlish v. Railroad Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Livesay's Ex'r v. BeardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Harden v. WagnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Planters Bank of Farmville v. WhittleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1884
  5. Pyles v. Furniture Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1887

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  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Deepwater Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Carnegie Natural Gas Co. v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Arnold v. KnappWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Deepwater Council v. RenickWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Lawrence v. Montgomery Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1919

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