Majestic Collieries Co. v. Allen

Opinion of the Court by

William: Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming on the priginal appeal and reversing on the cross-appeal.

Nancy Allen and others, children of C. W. Mounts, deceased, brought this suit against Rafe Steele and the Majestic Collieries Company to recover a tract of 100 acres of land located on the Big Branch of Tug river in Pike county. In addition to alleging plaintiffs’ joint ownership of the land as heirs of their father, C. W. Mounts, the petition charged that the defendant, Majestic Collieries Company, had obtained some kind of an interest therein from the defendant,…