Farnsworth v. Barret

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUDGE MILLER

Affirming.

This is a controversy concerning the coal and mining rights tinder 40 acres of land near Henderson. The. appellant, Nancy Nicholson, is the owner of the land, and claims to he the owner of the coal and mining rights thereunder, while the appellees also claim to own the coal and mining rights. The controversy arises in this way: In 1906, the appellees, James B. Blarret and others, sold the coal and mining rights1 in controversy to the Keystone Mining & Manufacturing Company, and retained a vendor’s lien for the unpaid purchase money; and the company…