Clayton v. Lemen

A decree was rendered against the plaintiff in error on a bill taken for confessed, whereby it appeared that on April 22, 1904, the defendant in error agreed with the plaintiff in error to purchase the coal underlying 224 acres of land in St. Clair county owned by the plaintiff in error and specifically described in the bill, at the price of $25 per acre; that in pursuance of such agreement the plaintiff in error executed an instrument in writing agreeing within thirty days to convey to the defendant in error, by warranty deed, free from all liens, all the coal lying under “the following…