Belleville Land & Lumber Co. v. Griffith

On the 21st day of February, 1898, the Des Are & Northern Railway 'Company purchased from the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company a large tract of land, including the ‘2,014.12 acres involved in this action, paying $2.50 per acre. The deed from the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company contained the following reservation in the granting clause:

“Reserving, however, the right-of-way of the said railroad company 100 feet wide, where the said track of said railroad or its branches has been or may be laid over said land; also reserving all coal and mineral deposits in…