Consolidation Coal Co. v. Grayson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle —

Reversing.

*315It appears from the record before us on this appeal that one John W. Grayson died in 1909, intestate, the owner and in possession of a fifty acre tract of land lying in Johnson county just without the corporate limits of Van Lear, a mining town owned by the appellant, Consolidation Coal Company, a corporation engaged in the mining and marketing of coal and other minerals. John "W. Grayson was survived by his wife, Maggie Grayson, and three children, Kenton Grayson, Emma Phelps, wife of Ben Phelps, ancl Cora Sester, wife of Thomas Sester. At the…