White Flame Coal Co. v. Burgess

POEEENBAGER, JüDGE:

The two principal inquiries arising on this writ oí error tó a judgment in an action of ejectment to recover the coal in a certain tract of land, rendered on a verdict found for the defendants by direction of the court, are whether they have acquired' title to it by adverse possession, and whether the title of the plaintiff has been forfeited to the State, by reason of non-entry thereof for taxation.

While the declaration calls for the coal in two tracts of land, the areas of which are not stated, the controversy seems to be limited to the coal in a tract containing about 66…