Athens & Pomeroy Coal & Land Co. v. Tracy

The plaintiff, James E. Tracy, filed an amended petition containing two causes of action. In the first he set up that since April, 1920, he had been the owner of a certain leasehold for the purpose of mining coal on certain lands in Meigs county; that part,of his lessors, the owners of all but a fraction of the fee, have assigned to him whatever rights they may have against the defendant for the acts complained of. Then follows the gist of this cause of action in these words:

“At some time or times between the 1st day of January, 1920, and the 7th day of December, 1920, the exact date or dates…