Pond Creek Coal Company v. Hatfield

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Reversing.

This suit was brought by the appellant against the appellees to quiet its claimed title to a described boundary of land. By a counterclaim the appellees asserted title in themselves, and prayed that it be quieted. On final hearing the trial -court adjudged title by adverse possession in the appellees, and dismissed the appellant’s petition. From that judgment, this appeal is prosecuted.

On December 4, 1866, the commonwealth issued a patent covering 5,040 acres of land in Pike county to Richard Phillips, John Dils, and John G-oosling. It was a…