Fordson Coal Company v. Whitt

Opinion of the Court bt

Judge Richardson

Reversing.

Arminta Whitt, Marie Whitt, and Leatha Whitt were the owners of 55 acres of land on Hurricane fork of Pond creek, Pike county, Ky. Their title was subject to the title of the Fordson Coal Company to “all the coal, gases, salt water, oil and minerals of every description in, upon and under” the 55 acres; also to the “full and complete rights- and privileges of every kind for mining- the coal, * # * on, through and over the land,” and “in particular the right of exploring for and extracting the said minerals. ’ ’ The title to the coal and other…