Consolidation Coal Co. v. Vanover

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner.

Reversing.

Alleging that it was the owner and in the actual possession of a certain tract of land on Elkhorn Creek, in Letcher County, and that the defendant, Sam Vanover, threatened to enter on said land, tear down the dwelling house thereon and commit other acts of trespass, plaintiff, the Consolidation'Coal Company, brought this action against the defendant to enjoin him from trespassing on 'said land. The defendant pleaded, in substance, that he was the owner of a particularly described part of the land in question and denied that he…