Smith v. Kentland Coal & Coke Co.

CAMMACK, Justice.

In 1952, the-appellant, Matilda H. Smith, brought suit in the Pike Circuit Court against the. .appellee, Kentland Coal & Coke Company, alleging that - she has a one-tenth undivided interest in the minerals on certain property to which the Company claims full title. She prayed that the minerals be sold and that she be given one-tenth of the proceeds of the sale, or in lieu thereof that it be adjudged that the minerals be partitioned and she be given a one-tenth interest therein. The lower court entered a judgment in favor of the appel-lee.

The property in question was purchased…