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McMELLON v. ADKINS

No. 15730.

300 S.E.2d 116 (1983)

Garnett McMELLON, et al. v. Larry C. ADKINS, Clerk, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

February 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce Griffith, Hamlin, Daniel F. Hedges, Charleston, for petitioners.

Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon, Charles F. Bagley, Jr. and Robert K. Emerson, Huntington, for respondent-Ashland Land & Development Co. and Allegheny Land Co.

NEELY, Justice:

This imaginative proceeding in mandamus is an attempt to expand the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Appeals. The petitioners own land in Lincoln County and feel aggrieved by oppressive terms contained in coal leases that either they or their predecessors entered into with the respondent Ashland Land & Development Company and its predecessor Allegheny Land Company. In order to comply with the technical requirement of mandamus that...

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