Johnson v. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.

CAMMACK, Judge.

We are construing for the first time on appeal a writing which was used in 1890 by a Pennsylvanian, Richard M. Broas, to secure mineral rights to some 16,000 acres of land on Shelby Creek, in Pike County. The appellee, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, is now the owner of all rights granted to Broas and the appellants are some of the heirs or assigns of one of Broas’ grantors. This appeal is from a judgment which held that the Broas writing conveyed a defeasible fee to the coal in the lands in question, and quieted title to other property rights and privileges claimed by…