Long v. Simpson

-Opinion by

Judge Elliott:

This is an appeal by Mrs. M. V. R. Long from a judgment of the Union Court of Common Pleas. On September 19, 1874, Mrs. M. A. Carroll leased for and during the period of thirty years to Mrs. M. V. R. Long, the appellant, the coal and mineral privileges of about 400 acres of land lying near Caseysville, Kentucky.

By the contract the appellant was to have the exclusive privilege of mining coal under the surface of said 400 acres of land, and for that purpose to enter on or drive entries into or excavate a part of it, etc. The consideration of the lease seems to have been…