Kissick v. Bolton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court.- — -Hon. Byron W. Preston, Judge. Action for royalty alleged to be due under a mining lease. A demurrer to the petition was overruled, and, as defendants refused to plead over, judgment was entered as prayed. Defendants appeal.—
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
This appeal is from the ruling on a demurrer to the petition. It seems that J. B. Bolton and C. A. Hoover had contracted with plaintiffs for the coal underlying their .lands “ at and for the consideration of six and one-fourth cents per ton for all screen lump coal passing over one and one-fourth-inch screen or such as may be provided by law, and four and one-fourth cents per ton • for mine run coal, which royalty shall be paid ” monthly. They *651agreed to “ commence to take said coal from under said lands within one year from said date, and to begin to pay said royalty, but, in the event that…
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