Pond Creek Coal Co. v. Hatfield
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky;. Andrew M. J. Cochran, Judge. Bill by the Pond Creek Coal Company against Anderson Platfield and others. From decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant filed its bill in equity, asking that appellees be declared to hold in trust for it the mineral rights in a tract of about 230 acres in Pike.county, Ky., that plaintiff’s title thereto be quieted, and for conveyance accordingly. The pertinent facts needing present statement are, in substance, these:
July 24, 1889, Arthur Bright, as trustee for others, purchased from the Maynard Brothers, and paid for, the mineral rights in a tract of 1,164 acres in Pike county, Ky. In this purchase Anderson Hatfield acted as agent for Bright, trustee, upon commission. He also…
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