Combs v. Algoma Block Coal Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Creal, Commissioner—

Reversing.

This litigation grows out of conflicting claims of title to a tract of 13.63 acres of land in Perry county which is underlaid with valuable coal deposits. John L. Combs initiated the litigation when he filed his petition against the Algoma Block Coal Company and the Columbus Mining Company, corporations, alleging that he was the owner of the tract in controversy, which is set out and described in the petition, by adverse possession, and that the defendants within 5 years next before the filing of the petition had. wrongfully, illegally and…