McPherson v. Thompson

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Sampson

Affirming.

In 1886 William R. Moore and A. T. Moore, who owned a large boundary of land, including that described in the petition, conveyed all the coal in place in the lands to Thompson and Morgan. Later the mineral estate was reconveyed until it reached appellees, George B. Thompson and others. In the meantime the surface estate was conveyed, passing through several hands until it reached appellant McPherson. A short time before the action was commenced in the Todd circuit court by the appellees, Thompson and others, against appellant McPherson,…