Kenmont Coal Company v. Combs

Opinion op the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner—

Reversing.

Mason Combs was the father of Clinton Combs and Washington Combs. He divided his land between them. Clinton Combs settled on Carr’s fork of the North fork of the Kentucky river; Washington Combs settled bn Buckeye creek, which runs into the Kentucky river about half a mile below Carr’s fork. Sam Napier married a daughter of Washington Combs. In 1844 he obtained a patent from the commonwealth for a tract of land on Buckeye. The patent called for 500 acres, but if run out according to its calls the patent included three times as much land.…