Hopkins v. Roseclare Lead Co.

In the year 1850, William Pell leased to Heir Valle certain lands in sec. 32, town. 12 south, range 8 east, in Hardin county, for the period of fifty years. The lands were supposed to contain minerals. Yalle, with others whom he had associated with him, sunk a number of shafts and ran various tunnels, at a large expense, and had taken out a large amount of lead ore, and proved the land to be valuable for the mineral it contained. The lease still continued in force in 1864, when Yalle transferred the lease to Anthony LaGrave, who transferred it to the Boseclare Lead Company, appellee.

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