Couch v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.

West, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

W. W. Laforce was the owner of tbe surface of a tract of land on Bandy Ridge, in Dickenson county, Virginia, upon which be resided, containing two acres. Tbe coal and minerals thereunder were the property *458of the Clinchfield Coal Corporation, hereafter called defendant. The defendant also owned in fee simple the coal and mineral lands situate adjoining the two acre tract, title to which it acquired through mesne conveyances from plaintiff’s intestate. W. W. Laforce drilled a well on the two acre tract, which, with nearby springs located on the…