Tassone v. Goodin-Barney Coal Company

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The appellant and plaintiff below, Macolata Tassone, owns a house and lot in Floyd county lying between the center of Leek Martin branch and a ledge of rock forming a part of the foot of a hill or mountain south of the branch. The east end of her lot is 58.7 feet wide and the west end is 72.5 feet wide, while its entire length is 103.4 feet. She built a house on it, and we adopt its description given in brief of her counsel which is, “Plaintiff built her house on this lot, excavating or leveling down the front part as it ‘makes off’ up the hill…