LIPPEATT v. COMET COAL & CLAY CO., INC.

No. 1-1080A275.

419 N.E.2d 1332 (1981)

Thomas P. LIPPEATT, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. COMET COAL AND CLAY COMPANY, Inc., Frances Haseman, Nell Humphreys, Steve Poole, and Templeton Coal Company, Inc., Appellees (Defendants below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Craig, Craig & Craig, Brazil, Buena Chaney, Mann, Chaney, Johnson, Hicks & Goodwin, Terre Haute, for appellant.

B. Curtis Wilkinson, Patrick, Gabbert, Wilkinson, Goeller & Modesitt, Terre Haute, John M. Baumunk, Brazil, for Comet Coal and Clay Company, Inc.

Frederick T. Bauer, Bauer, Miller & Bauer, Terre Haute, for Frances Haseman, Nell Humphreys, Steve Poole, and Templeton Coal Company, Inc.


ROBERTSON, Judge.

Thomas P. Lippeatt (Lippeatt) appeals the summary judgment entered on behalf of Comet Coal and Clay Company, Inc. (Comet) and the other defendant-appellees. This case involves the construction of a deed and the conveyance of mineral rights.

The judgment is affirmed.

In 1919, Lippeatt's grandparents received a deed executed by the Vandalia Coal Company conveying rights to a vein of coal. In 1926, Vandalia Coal Company executed a deed...

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