Clear Fork Coal Co. v. Anchor Coal Co.

Lite, Judge:

This is a writ of error by the defendant, Anchor Coal Company, to a judgment of the circuit court directing a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $3500.00.

The plaintiffs sued in debt, February 18, 1927, for the recovery of seven violations of section 7, chapter 79, Code, providing: "No owner or tenant of any land containing coal shall open or sink, or dig, excavate or work in any coal mine or shaft, on such land, within five feet of the line dividing-said land from that of another person or persons, without the consent, in writing of every person interested in, or having ¡title…