Coleman v. Republic Steel Corp.

MOREMEN, Judge.

These two cases, consolidated by order of the lower court, contest the title to the minerals on a tract of land in Pike County, more particularly located on the Big Right Hand Fork of Harless Creek.

A summary of the history of the ownership of this tract may aid in the decision of both cases.

In 1880, John Coleman owned practically all the land on the left ascending side of *172Harless Creek and Hammond Coleman owned nearly all the land on the right ascending side. In that year John Coleman purchased from one Dils all the land claimed by the latter on this creek under a blanket…