Campbell v. Prestonsburg Coal Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Oread, Commissioner

Affirming.

This appeal involves the title to the minerals in a tract of land in Floyd county containing approximately 125 acres. While the record, including the evidence heard, is large, and counsel for the various parties have filed extensive original and supplemental briefs discussing a number of questions, the vital issue, as we see it, is simple, and only calls for a discussion of a few of the questions argued by counsel, and does not require a detailed statement of the pleading and evidence.

The essential facts are that in March, 1899, F. A.…