Givens v. United States Trust Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Richardson

Reversing.

This action involves the title to certain mountain land situated in Bell county, Ky. It is wholly unfit for agricultural purposes. Its entire value consists of the growing timber, and the coal and other minerals thereunder. The stipulated facts show that the appellants and the appellees respectively held title by mesne conveyances, both titles deducidle from the commonwealth. The appellants assert title under a patent issued to Thomas Marsee, No. 66844, dated May 27, 1903, based on a survey dated in 1869; the appellees under a patent issued to…