Kentucky River Coal Corp. v. Singleton

FORD, District Judge.

This litigation involves a dispute as to the -title to the minerals under about 55 acres of land in Knott County, Kentucky. The property lies on the waters of a tributary of the Kentucky River known as Big Fork of Lotts Creek.

Statutory sanction for the exercise of federal jurisdiction follows from the showing upon the record that the matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of $3,000 and is between citizens of different states. 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(1).

Claiming to be the legal and equitable owner and in actual possession of the minerals…