Patterson v. May

The 93 acres will be referred to as tract A, the 27 acres as tract B. The controversy involves the ownership of the coal and mineral (claimed by both plaintiff and defendant Jensen) underlying the entire 120 acres. Plaintiff is the conceded owner of- the entire surface estate. The court held that she also owned all the subsurface rights of tract B, but only a fractional interest in the subsurface of tract A. Both parties appeal. Defendant Jensen is designated as appellant. Defendant May participated in the trial but has not appealed or filed any brief here.

We state the respective contentions…