Show SYNOPSIS of land and mineral decisions furnished by woodford A har lan land attorney at washington D C abandonment abandon presumption of attends a failure to exercise exer cis within a reasonable time a preferred ri right lit 0 of claim by husband is abandonment by wife the character of land alleged to be valuable for the coal atcon it con ta ins must be established as a present fact and from the actual production of coal but it does not follow that there must be an actual develop inn of coal on each forty acre subdivision coal calil lands inest be entered by legal subdivisions there is is no authority for segregating erre gatin 9 the coal from other land within a legal subdivision in the absence of an ail application the right bight to make an entry will not nob be considered application to enter that dues does not sho show the applicants qualifications may be properly pio perly rejected ind it a defect in such respect cannot be cured by I 1 subsequently calling attention to another record |