Legal Opinion
M.L. Johnson Family Prop. v. David Bernhardt
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 15, 2019No. 18-5520PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
*845 How to use a large plot of land known as "Tract 46" in Pike County, Kentucky has been a point of contention between the plot's joint owners for quite some time. The plot's surface and mineral estates have been severed for a century. Today, the Pike Letcher Land Company and Johnson LLC each own the surface estate as tenants in common. Pike Letcher also owns the entirety of the coal below. It wants to mine for the coal. But Pike Letcher and Johnson don't see eye to eye on how Pike Letcher may use the surface estate to pursue its planned mining activities.
Pike Letcher…
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