Keen v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Wabash county. The controversy involves the ownership of the oil and gas in and under a strip of ground occupied by The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, as its right of way through a part of the west half of section 9, township 2 south, range 13 west, in Wabash county. The plaintiffs, who are appellees here, are the heirs-at-law and devisees of Ornamil H. Keen, deceased. They claim title under him, as such heirs and devisees.

The defendants, who are appellants here, claim title under two deeds executed by…