Evans v. Parsons

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Affirming.

Two equitable actions in which the questions involved upon this appeal were raised were consolidated and heard and tried together in the Harlan circuit court. No question of pleading is raised, and briefly stated the issues made by the pleadings are these: Appellant, Dan Evans, for himself and his co-appellants, claims to have purchased a coal lease from L. H. Boone. The appellee, A. L. Parsons, also claims to have purchased the same coal lease. Each party denied that the other had purchased or owed any interest in the lease in question…