Kentenia Corp. v. Mining Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hannah

— Affirming.

On March. 7, 1888, one Hiram Cawood, being the owner of a tract of land in Harlan County, containing 62.102 acres, sold and conveyed to J. H. Middleton and Calvin Pace the minerals therein and thereunder. They, on June 27, 1888, conveyed the minerals thereof to Cumberland Valley Land Company.

On March 27,1896, one Charles Henry Davis, Trustee, instituted in the circuit court of 'the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky, an action against the Cumberland Valley Land Company and other defendants, seeking to recover the possession of a…