Henderson v. Allen

This action was commenced before a Justice of the Peace, the plaintiff claiming to be the owner of a certain tract of land containing a coal mine, which he had leased to the defendant, Clark, under whom the other defendants claimed, and put him into possession, ■under an agreement by which the plaintiffwas to have one-third of the coal taken from the mine in opening the same. The complaint avers that the term of the lease had expired, and the defendants refused to surrender the possession, and prays for restitution. The defendants Allen and Lander, filed an answer, denying the allegations of…