Ralston v. Kelly's Guardian

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clarke

Reversing.

A. Z. Kelley and his brother, B. F. Kelley, owned jointly a tract of land in Harlan county which on October 2,1917, they leased for coal raining purposes for a period of twenty-five years with right to renew same for an additional like period. That lease was assigned to and is owned by appellants who are operating thereunder.

A. Z. Kelly died in October, 1918, and appellee, George R. Pope, was appointed statutory guardian for his infant children, Homer, Otbin and Estes. A controversy arose between the lessors and lessees as to the latter’s…