Wingo v. Hardy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Colbert. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on the 21st April, 1891, by Nicholas Hardy, against A. W. Wingo and L. B. Perkins, and sought (1) an injunction against the further prosecution of two actions of unlawful detainer, to recover the possession of a quarter-section of land, which Wingo had leased to complainant for a term of years with a view to the mining and removal of the iron ore on the land; (2) to…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Colbert. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on the 21st April, 1891, by Nicholas Hardy, against A. W. Wingo and L. B. Perkins, and sought (1) an injunction against the further prosecution of two actions of unlawful detainer, to recover the possession of a quarter-section of land, which Wingo had leased to complainant for a term of years with a view to the mining and removal of the iron ore on the land; (2) to compel the specific performance of a contract between complainant and said Perkins, by which a two-thirds interest in…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
— Wingo, in May, 1890, executed a lease to Hardy, granting to him the right to mine and remove iron ore from a quarter-section of land, the property of the lessor. The lease was to continue five years, with -a privilege of - renewal for five additional years. By the terms of the lease, Wingo granted mining privileges in the particular quarter-section, and certain other easements and privileges, not necessary to. be named. He incurred no liability to furnish any *188money, labor, or anything else in promotion of the enterprise. It was a mere lease, conferring certain rights and privileges, on…
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