Ketcham v. Brazil Block Coal Co.

Bicknell, C. C.

— The appellee commenced this suit in the Clay Circuit Court; it was taken thence by change of venue to the Putnam Circuit Court. The complaint averred, in substance, that the plaintiff, as the holder of certain mining property, was bound to pay and was ready to pay certain royalties; that the defendant John L. Ketcham, as the holder of the estate of the original lessor of said property, was claiming that all of said royalties were due and payable to him, without any deduction except $100, and that the defendant, The Ohio and Indiana Coal Company, was claiming that all of said…