Fordson Coal Co. v. Howard

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

In the beginning the suit was to try title to nine contiguous tracts forming a large boundary of land, but it was resolved into a contest of title to 148.3 acres, the determination of wliicli depended primarily upon the answer to the question: Where did Grib Collins have his wolf pit or trap in Leslie County some 75 years ago? A stake, 10 poles below it, was an important corner. The plaintiff, Fordson Coal Company, has contended it was at the mouth of Bracken Fork, also known as Wolf Pen Branch, on the northeast bank of Big Laurel Fork of…