Campbell v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & R.

This is a suit in. ejectment to recover a boundary of mountain land containing eight acres. It consists of a *425limestone bluff, which is valuable for quarrying and manufacturing into fertilizer.

In 1870, O. C. King, as special commissioner, conveyed a two hundred twenty-six-acre tract of land to W. B„ Lyle by deed containing the following provision, to-wit:

“Reserving from said sale all the mines or minerals contained or imbedded in or on said tract; also the right to enter at any time by self or agents or assignees on .said land to explore for mines or mineral, with the right to make excavation,…