Falls Branch Coal Co. v. Proctor Coal Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The parties are each corporations engaged in mining coal. They own their mineral interests either as *309absolute owner or lessee in tracts of land located in Whitley county, Kentucky, and in Campbell county, Tennessee, and they adjoin along many common lines. The plaintiff and appellee, Proctor Coal Company, filed this action in the Whitley circuit court against defendant and appellant, Falls Branch Coal Company, seeking to recover from it a large amount as damages for trespasses committed by defendant upon plaintiff’s mineral rights under its land or…