Thomas v. Young

MeRedith, Judge:

Plaintiff seeks to reverse the judgment of the circuit court of Kanawha County in an action of ejectment which he instituted against U. B. Young to recover' the coal underlying two tracts of land in Poca District. These tracts, one of 21 acres and the other of 11 acres, are contiguous and are part of a tract of 84% acres, the surface of which was conveyed by A. M. Bruen to Robert Young in 1856. In this deed the grantor, Bruen, excepted all of the coal and iron minerals, except such as might be required for the grantee’s household and domestic purposes, and the plaintiff claims…