West Kentucky Coal Co. v. Nourse

MOREMEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Hopkins Circuit Court which denied to appellant, West Kentucky Coal Company, specific performance of an option to convey by general warranty deed approximately 123 acres of land including all minerals for a stated consideration of $18,450. Appellees Nourse were owners of the land and had signed the option.

In the fall of 1947, negotiations were begun between Joe Nourse and an agent of West Kentucky Coal Company for the sale of the land that adjoined other land on which appellant was engaged in drilling coal deposits. The first…