Knott Coal Corp. v. Kelly

DAVIS, Commissioner.

The appellees were awarded judgment for $55,120.25 against appellants, based on appellees’ claim of ownership of thirty-five acres of land in Knott County from which appellant Knott Coal Corporation (as lessee of appellant Kentucky River Coal Corporation) had mined 220,481 tons of coal. The appellants present numerous grounds upon which they deem themselves entitled to reversal of the adverse judgment, and the appellees have perfected a cross-appeal asserting entitlement to interest on the judgment from the date of the filing of their suit.

The land in controversy (from…