EASLEY v. MELTON


262 S.W.2d 686 (1953)

EASLEY et al. v. MELTON et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 4, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bullitt, Dawson & Tarrant, R. Lee Blackwell, Louisville, Sam T. Jarvis, Greenville, for appellant.

King & Craig, Henderson, for appellee.

McDonald & McDonald, Lexington, amici curiae.


MILLIKEN, Justice.

This is an action in equity under the declaratory judgment act by the plaintiffs-appellees for a declaration of rights as to the ownership of the oil and gas underneath 40 acres of land located in Webster County, Kentucky. The sole question presented on this appeal is whether a deed of "the coal and mining rights" in real estate should be construed to include the oil and gas rights therein.

On October 17, 1902, appellees' predecessors in...

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