Chaney v. ALA WEST-AL, LLC

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

Susie L. Chaney, Betty Macon, Emma Jean Coleman, and Walter Edward Clayton (collectively “the plaintiffs”) 1 appeal from summary judgments entered by the trial court in favor of Taylor Logging, Inc. (“Taylor Logging”), 2 James Taylor, Ala West, Inc. (“Ala West”), and Ala West-AL, LLC (“Ala West-AL”). We affirm the trial court’s judgment in part, reverse it in part, and dismiss the appeal in part.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Before the 1940s, Consolidated Coal Company granted permission to certain individuals to use a portion of its property (“the property”)…