KENTLAND COAL & COKE COMPANY v. BLANKENSHIP


300 S.W.2d 570 (1957)

KENTLAND COAL & COKE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Burke BLANKENSHIP et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 29, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hobson & Scott, John M. Stephens, Pikeville, for appellant.

Wine & Venters, Pikeville, for appellees.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

Title to a relatively small portion of a large mineral tract owned by the appellant, Kentland Coal & Coke Company, depends upon the construction to be given a deed executed to its remote vendor on May 14, 1888. The instrument is a printed form with the blanks filled in with ink which has become a faded green, but legible enough in its more material parts. The question is whether the deed conveyed to the grantee named a fee simple title or...

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