Kentucky Coal Lands Co. v. Mineral Development Co.

(after stating the facts as above). It is claimed on the part of the Kentucky Coal Lands Company that its deed to John W. Tuggle for the standing timber on the land described in 'the petition conveyed to Tuggle, a determinable fee; that Cook had no authority as its agent to extend the term for removing the timber; and that, even if he had such authority, the title that remained in the grantor was only a possibility'of reverter, which could not be aliened to a third person.

The trial court found from the evidence that Cook was a statutory attorney of the Kentucky Coal Lands Company from the…