Stern v. Great Southern Land Co.

Appellee filed its bill in the chancery court of Harrison county against the appellants, for a sale, through that' court, and a division of the proceeds thereof among the parties to the cause, according to their respective interests, of all the deposits of clay, oil, and minerals, of whatsoever kind, under the surface of five hundred sixty' acres of land in Harrison county described in the bill. There was a trial on bill, answer, and proof, resulting in a decree granting the prayer of the bill. A sale was thereafter made of the property involved through a commissioner appointed by the court,…