Stearns Coal & Lumber Co. v. Douglas

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sims

-Affirming.

Appellant, Stearns Coal & Lumber Company, filed its petition in equity against appellee, John E. Douglas, to quiet its title to a tract of land located in McCreary County of approximately 200 acres which is described in the petition. The answer was a traverse followed by a counterclaim averring defendant had paper title to the land described in the petition as well as title by adverse possession; it also contained pleas of champerty and estoppel. A reply denied the allegations of the counterclaim and pleaded an estoppel against appellee.

By agreement…