Yoss v. Markley

OPINION

By LAMNECK, J.

This is an action to quiet title to certain lands consisting of approximately 20.3 acres located in Sandy Township in this county. The plaintiffs seek to have a fee simple title adjudged in their favor with no reservations or exceptions as against the defendant who claims to. be the owner of all the “stone coal or other coal” under said lands.

It is claimed by the defendant that the coal rights were severed from the land, in January, 1855, by a warranty deed *219from John George Broadbeck and his wife Mary Brodbeck, to James Kelly which is recorded in Volume 36 at Page 485 in…