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Charles V. Wehner, Attorney, West Virginia Court of Appeals Booklets and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4140

Overview

Publications from the Kingwood law office of attorney Charles V. Wehner (12 November 1921 to 11 September 2009). Includes mostly booklets regarding cases before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, or the Supreme Court of Appeals of the United States. There are personal and corporate litigants. Corporate litigants include the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Carleton Mining and Power Company, Franklin Coal and Coke Company, Freeport Coal Company, Preston County Power Company, Standard Oil Company, Tildesley Coal Company, Victory Coal Company, and the West Virginia Northern Railroad Company. Boxes 1-4 contain court documents (ca. 1907-1965); box 5 contains Buckwheat Festival programs (1992-2013). Charles Wehner was a 1943 graduate of West Virginia University with an A.B. Degree, and received his J.D. Degree from WVU College of Law in 1946. He had a general law practice in Kingwood since 1946, and was joined by his son Richard in 1985. He married Geraldine Pickens in 1946.

Dates

  • Creation: 1907-1965, 1992-2013
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1907-1965

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

5.4 Linear Feet (Summary: 5 ft. 5 in. (4 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 5 in.))

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Title
Charles V. Wehner, Attorney, West Virginia Court of Appeals Booklets and Other Material, 1907-1965, 1992-2013
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Date
2015/09/10
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536