Kentucky Block Cannel Coal Co. v. Sewell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Andrew M. J. Cochran, Judge. Suit in equity by J. W. Sewell, A. W. Sewell, and Hattie E. Sewell against the Kentucky Block Canuel Coal Company and others. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Appellees, hereinafter called plaintiffs, filed bill in equity to quiet their alleged title to the minerals (coal, oil, and gas) in a tract of land in Morgan county, Ky., lying on both sides of the Stone Coal or Prater fork of Caney creek. They base their claim of title upon a formal conveyance of such mineral rights, made in 1865 by John Sebastian to J. W. Sewell & Co., which was a partnership composed oí John W. Sewell and Harriet Sewell — father and mother, respectively, of plaintiffs, whose rights descended in equal shares to plaintiffs, their children and heirs at…
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