Meeke v. Ward

(Opinion of the Court bt

Judge Settle

Affirming.

The appellee, W. J. Ward, claiming to be the owner of the coal and other mineral rights in and under a twenty acre tract of land lying on Greasy creek, in Johnson county, brought this action in equity against the appellants, J. N. Meeke and W. B. Richmond, seeking the recovery of damages for certain alleged acts of trespass committed by the latter in mining and appropriating coal from the land in question. The prayer of the peti*31tion asked that appellee be adjudged the owner of the coal and other mineral in and under the land, his title thereto…