Logan Central Coal Co. v. County Court of Logan County

Woods, President:

The Logan Central Coal Company, after leasing a certain coal mining property from W. D. Payne and others for a period of forty years, erected a tipple and power house and made other improvements necessary to the operation of said leasehold. Thereafter, the county court of Logan county, without condemning or otherwise, entered upon and took a part of the land for road purposes. During the construction of the road, according to the lessee, the tipple and power house were undermined to such an extent as to render them unsafe for use and impossible to operate, thereby compelling…