Day v. Miles

Opinion oí? the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge—

Affirming.

By an action in ejectment in the Lee circuit court, appellants sought to recover possession of a forty-acre tract of land located in that county from J. Fred Miles, Felix M-. Miles and John B. Miles, partners doing business under the firm name of Miles Brothers Drilling Company. The petition alleged that appellant, R. W. Day, was the owner of the tract of land in question, and that his co-appellant, J. H. Sallee, was the owner of certain oil and gas rights and privileges in same under lease from him, and that the appellees wrongfully and…