Hall v. King

SIMS, Judge.

Jonah Hall and wife Anna and their lessees of coal rights, Clarence and Felix King, in 1949 brought this action against Lee King and wife Angeline and C. B. Bates to quiet title to a tract of land (the number of acres not given) located in Knott County, described by calls and “known as Lot No. 6 in the Widow Bates’ dower of John W. Bates.” Also they sought to recover $54,000 for coal they alleged defendants mined from plaintiffs’ land; further, plaintiffs sought to enjoin defendants from trespassing upon their property. Willie J. Bates filed an intervening petition claiming “an…