Woodrow v. Geneva Coal & Mining Co.

The above-styled canse is in this court on appeal. One of the questions, possibly the only question, to be determined is whether John A. Woodrow has a valid lease to operate a coalmine upon part of the lands involved in the action. The case was determined adversely to John A. Woodrow in the common pleas on September 20, 1922. On the same day, in an action brought by a third party against The Geneva Coal & Mining Company, Daniel H. Armstrong was appointed receiver of the property of that company, and among the assets passing to such receiver was the fee to the lands on which Woodrow claimed to…