Kohlsaat v. Main Island Creek Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Logan County. Action by Jonh E. C. Kohlsaat and others, trustees, etc., against the Main Island Creek Coal Company, and from a judgment therein .the plaintiffs bring error, and the defendant assigns cross-error,.
1Opinion of the Court
Lively, Judge:.
This litigation arises out of a coal mining lease executed by Clinton Crane and James 0. Cole to the Main Island Creek Coal Company on about 27,000 acres of coal lands in Logan County, dated October 6, 1913.
The issues involved arise under the provision of the lease relating to royalties, and that relating to arbitration of controversies which might arise.
The royalty provision is: “And the said lessee, in consideration of the premises, does covenant and agree to commence at once upon delivery of this lease, the work of developing said lands as a coal producing property, and to…
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