Pratt v. Boggs

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

On June 27th, 187é, Alexander Combs conveyed to William Mclntire two tracts of land in Perry county, with the exception of a certain interest in the coal banks thereon. Plaintiffs, Jesse Boggs,' S. M. Boggs, and others, some of whom claim by purchase from the children and grandchildren of Alexander Combs, and others by inheritance from Alexander Combs, who died intestate, brought this suit against defendants, Alexander Mc-Intire and William Pratt, who claim through William Mclntire, to establish their ownership of the minerals…