Cox v. Miller

This is an action in damage to recover from defendants for the alleged breach of the terms of a mining lease which plaintiff held on mining, property of defendants.

The plaintiff, Cox, is a physician residing at Cuba, Crawford county, Missouri. Defendants are husband and wife residing at Neta, in Osage county.

On March 28, 1916, the defendants leased to plaintiff 240 acres of land to which they held fee title, in Osage county, for the purpose of mining iron ore. The lease provided that defendants reserve the right to use the surface of the land for farming purposes, as set'out in the first…