Harkins v. Hatfield

Opinion op the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

Cynthia Hatfield sued the heirs of Walter S. Harkins and the Ivaton Oil & Gras Company to quiet her title to a fractional interest in the mineral rights in a 50-acre tract of land in Floyd county, Judgment was rendered for plaintiff, and the Harkins heirs appeal.

Both parties claim under conveyances from John Moore as common grantor. A. J. Moore died intestate in 1892, the owner of 299.5 acres of land. He was survived by his widow, Rachel Moore, two sons, John and William, and an infant daughter not named in the record. All of whom lived in the…