Meade v. Steele Coal Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming in part and reversing in part.

On September 16, 1913, appellant, W. G. Meade, instituted this action in the Pike circuit court to enjoin appellee, Steele Coal Company, from mining and removing coal from thirty and three-fourths acres of land, the title to which was claimed by Meade under a patent granted to him by the Commonwealth August 20, 1912. The Steel Coal Company answered, claiming the right to mine coal from the land described in the Meade patent under a lease from the Elk Horn Fuel Company, which company was made a party defendant and…