Phipps v. Leftwich

The question raised in this appeal is whether the deed under which appellants claim title to coal in certain lands gives appellants the right to remove the coal by strip mining 1 or other surface mining methods. 2

By deed dated May 16, 1902, Wm. B. Sutherland and wife conveyed to Clintwood Coal and Timber Company the following estate in 1,423 acres of land in Dickenson County, consisting of two adjoining tracts described by metes and bounds, and containing 1,019 and 404 acres, respectively:

“All the coal, mineral and mineral products, all the oils and gasses all the salt, minerals and salt…