Big Run Coal & Clay Co. v. Helton

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In an action to quiet title, brought by the Big Run Coal and Clay Company against Leslie L. Helton and wife, judgment '.Was entered adjudging the Heltons to be the owners, through adverse possession, of a certain parcel of land containing approximately two and one-half acres. Big Run has appealed.

Prior to 1897, Big Run’s predecessor in title owned a large tract of land, of around 1,600 acres, and Vint Calvin owned an adjoining tract of some 500 acres. Under the descriptions in the respective deeds, the parcel now in dispute lay within the boundaries of the 1600-acre…