Grantham v. Hanenkratt Lead & Zinc Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an injunction action brought by J. W. Grantham and E. J. Pratt against the Hanenkratt Lead & Zinc Company to prevent the defendant from milling ore obtained under a mining lease of a certain forty-acre tract in a mining mill situated upon another adjoining tract of twenty acres, also held by defendant under another mining lease. The injunction sought was granted, and defendent has appealed.

One H. T. Morrison owned a tract of land of 140 acres in Cherokee county and on November 11, 1916, he leased it to plaintiffs for mining…