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PHIPPS v. LEFTWICH

Record No. 750307.

222 S.E.2d 536 (1976)

Beulah C. PHIPPS et al. v. William Marcus LEFTWICH et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen M. Williams, Jonesville, for appellants.

Benjamin F. Sutherland, Clintwood, for appellees.

No brief filed on behalf of Glendy Short Lovegrove.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

The question raised in this appeal is whether the deed under which appellants claim title to coal in certain lands gives appellants the right to remove the coal by strip mining1 or other surface mining methods.2

By deed dated May 16, 1902, Wm. B. Sutherland and wife conveyed to Clintwood Coal and Timber Company the following estate in 1,423 acres of land in Dickenson County, consisting...

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