MARTIN v. KENTUCKY WEST VIRGINIA GAS COMPANY


401 S.W.2d 74 (1965)

Estil MARTIN et al., Appellants, v. KENTUCKY WEST VIRGINIA GAS COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cordell H. Martin, Hindman, D. G. Boleyn, Hazard, Clifford Martin, Baltimore, Md., Joseph J. Leary, Rudy Yessin, Frankfort, for appellants.

Paul C. Combs, C. Kilmer Combs, Prestonsburg, Boyle, Bilby, Thompson & Shoenhair, Tucson, Ariz., Francis L. Rice, Pikeville, Donald Harkins, Danville, for appellees.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This action involves conflicting claims to mineral rights in a tract of land in Knott County. Appellees trace their title to the Commonwealth. Appellants' claim ultimately must be based on adverse possession (although several deeds are involved).

Appellants claim through Louanza Hall, the wife of the grantor through whom appellees claim. No actual adverse possession was proved. Her title, if any, was based on constructive possession of...

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