Daniel Boone Coal Co. v. Crawford

Opinion of the Court by

Sanbidge, Commissioner

Reversing.

On the 17th day of January, 1916, the appellant, Daniel Boone Coal Company, was engaged in mining coal from a tract of land containing 150 acres in Perry county, Kentucky, an undivided one-half interest in which was owned by the appellee, L. D. Crawford. Appellee owned two other tracts of land adjoining the 150 acres above mentioned, and on that day he and his wife executed and delivered to appellant a coal lease on these two tracts of land granting to it the usual coal mining rights for a period of twenty-five years. On April 3, 1918,…