Elkhorn Coal Corporation v. Tackett

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

This is a suit begun by Anna Tackett, and Rosa Tackett and tbeir husbands for partition of a tract of land that formerly belonged to Mahala Caudill and the allotment to each of them of one-tenth thereof. From a judgment according to the plaintiffs the relief they sought, the Elkhorn Coal Corporation alone has appealed.

September 9, 1892, Mahala Caudill, then domiciled in Knott county, departed this life intestate survived by her husband, Wilson Caudill, and one son, Wilburn, Caudill and nine daughters, as her heirs at law. ' All of these…