Chamberlain v. Fox Coal & Coke Co.

The complainant seeks a . rescission of a contract of sale of a leasehold estate in a tract of 5,700 acres, upon which is situated a valuable coal-mine. The conveyance also embraced certain movables, such as miners’ houses, coal-cars, rail and tramways, screens, scales, mining tools, and also certain rights of way over adjacent lands. The conveyance was made by the Eox Coal and Coke Company, a Tennessee corporation, which *15was. the assignee of a lease, originally made in 1885 to other parties, for a term of ninety-nine years. The consideration expressed in the deed is $57,500, and the…