Morris Coal Co. v. Thompson

Plaintiff in error seeks to reverse a judgment of the court of common pleas in favor of the defendants in error, John A. Thompson and others, rendered on a lease for the sale of coal. The petition *346of the plaintiffs below sets up that on the 10th day of November, 1903, they leased, let and granted to the predecessors of the defendant below all the minable coal, commonly known as No. 7 vein, four feet or over thick, underlying certain premises which are described as containing 336 acres, more or less; that by the terms of the lease the lessee was to begin mining said coal within six months from…