Sumner v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The Kentucky River Coal Corporation owned a number of equipped coal mining operations, located in Letcher county, one of which was the Rockhouse mine. It and its equipment were leased for operating purposes to another who as such lessee mined coal therefrom until July 20, 1929, when it was closed through bankruptcy proceedings against the lessee. It remained closed and not operated for some years thereafter, but in the meantime, and in the spring of 1930, its entrance was boarded up and the doors thereto fastened in prospect of an indefinite…