Watts v. Carrs Fork Coal Company

.WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appellants, Thomas and Mary Watts, filed complaint against the • appellee,- Carrs Fork Coal Company, to recover damages in the sum of $3,500 for certain alleged acts of trespass committed upon their land by appellee. By amended complaint it was stated that the trespasses complained' of were perpetrated arbitrarily, wantonly and maliciously. Appellee denied the aver-ments of the complaint', and pleaded, in -substance, that it had the right to enter upon appellants’ land and to commit the acts complained of. under the provisions of a mineral deed covering the lands of…