Fourseam Block Collieries Co. v. John P. Gorman Coal Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner

'Dismissing appeal.

The Hazard Coal Corporation, which owned a large block of coal land in Perry county on September 1, 1921, leased the property to the Fourseam Block Collieries Company. The property was then undeveloped, and the latter company spent about $200,000 in equipping and developing the property.- On November 15, 1921, the Fourseam Block Collieries Company let the property by contract to the John P. Gorman Coal Company, which thereafter operated it. It had trouble in selling the coal produced, and entered into a contract with the Dorman…