Legal Opinion

Lively v. Elkhorn Coal Co.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 29, 1953No. 11592PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, J. O. Lively, sought by this action to recover damages in the amount of $44,000 by reason of the alleged breach by the appellee, Elkhorn Coal Company, of a contract between the parties pertaining to the strip mining of coal on certain properties owned by the appellee. The jury found for the appellant in the sum of $15,000. Thereafter the District Judge sustained the appellee’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and ordered the action dismissed, D.C., 101 F.Supp. 1014, from which, order this appeal was taken.

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Helvering v. Tex-Penn Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Beckett-Iseman Oil Co. v. BackerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  3. Boone v. CoeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  4. Stilwell v. Hertz Drivurself Stations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
  5. Usher's Ex'r v. FloodCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Ethel A. Doll v. Seldon R. GlennCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
  2. Bituminous Fire & Marine Insurance Company v. Izzy Rosen's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
  3. Ellsworth Strickler v. Pfister Associated Growers, Inc., a Corporation Whose Home Office is Aurora, Illinois, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
  4. Consumers Credit Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
  5. Pennington v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963

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