Johns Run Coal Co. v. Little Fork Coal Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Willis

Affinning.

This action was instituted in the Carter circuit court by the Little Fork Coal Company against the Johns Run Coal Company, to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for an alleged willful trespass by the defendant upon the adjoining coal lands of the plaintiff.

The answer presented a general denial of the allegations of the petition. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict for $1,000 in favor of the plaintiff. Motion for a new trial was denied, and this appeal has been prosecuted from the judgment entered upon the verdict.

The bill of exceptions is…