Smith v. Glen Alden Coal Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

In this action plaintiffs sought the rather anomalous decree that a good and marketable title in fee simple for an undivided one-fonrth interest in “coal premises”, hereinafter referred to as the coal, was vested in her individually and that she as sole surviving executrix of the Estate of John B. Smith, deceased, has the power to convey a good and marketable title in fee simple for an undivided one-fourth interest in the same premises, to .the Glen Alden Coal Company, and that by reason of her contract to sell her interest in this coal, to this company,…