American National Bank & Trust Co. v. Grimes

REED, Judge.

The circuit court adjudged that the plaintiff, Garnett Grimes, is the owner of an undivided one-half interest in a gas well located on the farm adjacent to his and from which he receives the gas used in his home. The defendants who are his brothers and sisters and their children appeal from that decision. The controversy contains strong overtones of long standing family jealousy; spite and punishment are apparently the objects desired more than a reasonable resolution of legal rights. We affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

The plaintiff, Garnett Grimes, his father, Fred Grimes,…