Montgomery Coal Corporation v. Riddle

Opinion of the Court by

Turner, Commissioner

Affirming.

In October, 1914, Stacey and others conveyed to the Carrs Fork Coal Land Company the minerals on and under a tract of about 350 acres of land on Carrs fork in Perry county, and in the conveyance gave the vendee certain mining and manufacturing rights on the surface. In 1916 the Carrs Pork. Coal Land Company conveyed the said minerals and all of its rights and privileges to the Montgomery Coal Corporation, a Virginia corporation, and in 1918 the Montgomery Coal Corporation leased to the Montgomery Creek Coal Company, a Kentucky corporation,…