Cecil G. Noble v. National Mines Corporation

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal represents the most recent stage in a protracted dispute over the ownership of two tracts of land in Kentucky. The litigation, which is now before this Court for the second time, began in 1976, when plaintiff Noble brought suit against defendant National Mines Corporation to quiet title to the land, to enjoin National from interfering with Noble’s use of it, and to recover damages as a result of National’s use of the property. The current appeal is from summary judgment granted the defendant by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of…