Supreme Court of Iowa March 19, 1908 (Collins v. Gleason Coal Co.)

lead-opinion

Sherwin, J.

— The plaintiff is the owner of the surface of the land involved in this controversy, and the de*116féndant is the owner of the coal beneath- the same. The land was originally owned by S-. M. Devine, ■ who conveyed it with the following reservation: “Excepting and reserving to myself, the said S. M.