Legal Opinion
Walter Bledsoe & Company v. Elkhorn Land Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1955No. 12235_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellee, Elkhorn Land Company, sought by this action to recover unpaid royalties and rentals under a mining lease executed by it on a 133-acre tract of land, owned by it in Pike County, Kentucky.
Appellee on June 17, 1918, executed to the Elkhorn & Shelby Creek Coal Company the lease herein involved, which had no fixed term of years, but provided that the lessee should pay, during the continuance of the lease, royalties of ten cents for each ton of 2,240 pounds of coal mined from the premises, with a minimum royalty of $200 (later reduced to $100) per month.
The lease, after successive…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- St. Clair v. Bardstown Transfer Line, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949
- Barrowman Coal Corp. v. Kentland Coal & Coke Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
- Stonega Coke & Coal Co. v. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1939
- Auxier Coal Co. v. Big Sandy & Millers Creek Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
- Shaw v. Farmers' Bank Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Twm Manufacturing Co., Inc. And Turner Quick Lift v. Dura CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- 500 Associates, Inc. v. Vermont American CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
- LAFITTE COMPANY v. United Fuel Gas CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1959
- In re Evans Coal Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2013
- Sharlene Hall and Ray Hall v. Dr. Ernest E. Musgrave and Dr. Charles F. SowardsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
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