PORTER v. JUSTICE


242 S.W.2d 863 (1951)

PORTER et al. v. JUSTICE.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. B. Stratton, Pikeville, for appellants.

Baird & Hays and Hobson & Scott, Pikeville, for appellee.


LATIMER, Justice.

The parties, appellants and appellee, contested ownership of the minerals and mineral rights in a tract of land situated on Hurricane Creek in Pike County, each claiming ownership by conveyance from common grantors, I. N. Porter and his wife, Cora A. Porter.

On April 5, 1906 I. N. Porter and Cora A. Porter executed an instrument which appellants insist is merely a title bond but which appellee insists was sufficient to pass title. It reads...

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