Bear v. Bear

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sutton.

The judgment here for review is concerned with the ownership of certain coal mining property held in partnership by the defendant in error, Virginia Bear, with the deceased husband of the plaintiff in error, Marie Bear. We will refer to the parties by name.

The record discloses that in 1914 the deceased, Tony Bear, was married to the defendant, Virginia Bear. They homesteaded certain land in which the federal government reserved coal rights. In 1923 Tony deeded his interest to Virginia; Tony then obtained a government coal lease in his name alone to the same land.…