Legal Opinion
Bond v. Jackson County Coal Co.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided August 7, 1952No. 843PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORD, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs seek to recover amounts alleged to be due them from defendant on account of minimum royalties under a coal mining lease of October 3, 1938. Title to the lands embraced in the lease and all rights of the lessors thereunder were acquired by the plaintiffs on April 11, 1940.
The lease granted to the defendant thé sole and exclusive right of mining and removing “all of the mineable and merchantable coal in, upon and under” a large. *249body of land, specifically described therein, lying on the waters tributary to Rock-castle River in Jackson County, Kentucky.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company v. BamfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Laurence E. Tierney Land Co. v. Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Wisdom's Adm'r v. Sims, Co. Supt. of SchoolsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
- Auxier Coal Co. v. Big Sandy & Millers Creek Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
- Muncey Coal Mining Co. v. MunceyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1925
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Godley v. Kentucky Resources Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Hall v. LandrumCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1971
- In re Evans Coal Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2013
- M. R. Godley v. Kentucky Resources Corporation, M. R. Godley v. Piedmont Land Sales, Inc., Hugh N. Rakes, J. E. Berry, Kentucky Resources Corporation, Clinton Coal Company and W. H. Goff, M. R. Godley v. Piedmont Land Sales, Inc., Hugh Rakes and Clinton Coal Company, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981