Scott v. Goss

This case involves the right of defendants Ben and Bruce Goss and their assignee or lessee, Colitz Mining Company, to prospect for, and mine manganese on complainants’ properties under a reservation of mineral rights contained in certain deeds executed by Celia Wright in 1893.

Complainants or some of them, by subsequent conveyances, own the surface rights to portions of the Celia Wright lands. Defendants claim mining rights under a deed from Johnson County dated March 11, 1954, to Ben and Bruce Goss purporting to convey the Celia Wright mineral rights acquired by the County in a tax suit. The…