The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-06-12
BIG SUIT over
| site OF JENKINS.
Claims Of Parties Living in Virginia
Heard in Federal Court at
CatlettsbuIg.

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Federal Court at Catlettsburg ad-
journed and the various witnesses, lit
igants and lawyers in the noted case
OF Addington VS.. the Consolidation
Coal Company returned to their re-
spective homes.
This was a hard fought case. The
lawyers VIII argue and file briefs in
the case at future date, after the
stenographer has had time to trans
cribe his notes OF the testimony taken.
In all probability the opinion in this
case VIII not be reached until the May
term one year hence. This action in
voiVes over $25O,O0O worth of real es-
tate IN the city OF jenkins.
The plaintin's counsel is very hope
fui OF winning substantial Judgment
while on the other hand the defendant
company is equally as sanguine.
The Addingtons at present reside in
wise county, virginia, but the wife
was born ana reared in the rich Elk
morn country, which, today is the
scene OF great industrial developments.
Inc iacts IN the case as presented
10 .he court are as follows:
solomon Bentley owned a two-hun-
ureu acre tract OF land, which today
Is occupied py the business section of
oenkihs' he died In 1850 Four months
prior 10 ms death' his only child,
Nancy Ann, later marrying William
rlimore Addlngton, was born. In that
VIII solomon Bentley stipulated that
the tract OF iand should go TO his wlfe,
out when the daughter reached the age
OF twenty years title to two thirds
OF the tract was TO be vested In her,
the other one-third remaining with
the widow.
Shortly after reaching the age Of
twenty-one years, this provision of the
deed was carried out when two thirds
OF the tract OF land vas decided to the
daughter, who had married william
r1lmore Addington. shortly after the
death OF solomon Bentley, the widow
married James b. Bryant.
On June 3, 1884, Nancy Ann Adding
ton, her mother, Mrs. Matilda Bryant,
and the latters husband, James B..
Bryant, executed deed to John w.
Wright, better known in the noun
tains OF Eastern Kentucky as "DeviP'
John Wright, conveying more than one
half OF the two hundred acre tract.
This deed was acknowledged but was
not executed under seal. Furthermore,
the husband OF Mrs. Addington, Will
ian Fillmore Addington, did not enter
into the conveyance.
For these two reasons, the counsel
for the plaintiffs contend that this deed
or paper should be set aside. that the
wife conveyed nothing, by the fact
that her husband did not sign the pa
per as is required by the laws of Ken
lucky, and that Mrs. Addington still
owns her portion of the tract, pur
ported to have been conveyed by the
paper dated June 3, 1884.
The land obtained by John w,
Wright by this paper was later sold Il
the Northern Coal & Coke Company
the Langhorn Coal Company and the
Kelly Coal Company. The holdings Of
these three companies were in recenS
years purchased by the Consolidation.
Coal Company.
In 1888, Nancy Ann Addington anG
John w. Wright had two surveys mada
in what was then Pike county, Ken
lucky One of these surveys include
"a acres, the other SO acres. A patent
to these two tracts were issued on No
vember 20, 1888, by j. Proctor Knott,
governor of Kentucky, to Mrs. Adding
ton and John Wright.
The PLAINTIFFS allege that in 1909
John w. Wright bought a release deed
for Mrs. Addingtons half interest III
these tracts held by virtue of the pat
ents from the governor of Kentucky,
to the husband w. F. Addington. The
husband signed the release deed When