West Virginia Supreme Court December 2, 1896 (Monongah Coal & Coke Co. v. Fleming)

Holt, President:

On appeal from a decree of tbe Circuit Court of Harrison county, entered on the 20th day of September, 1895, dismissing plaintiff’s bill brought for specific execution of a contract for the sale of coal in situ as part of the realty.

By contract dated the 21st day of May, 1888, defendant John A. Fleming executed to J. E. Watson a written option for the purchase of the.