Stearns Coal & Lumber Co. v. Van Winkle
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Andrew M. J. Cochran, Judge. Suit by John S. Van Winkle and others against the Stearns Coal & Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
The Wayne County Beaty Oil Well Company was incorporated by act of the Legislature of Kentucky January 31, 1865. By later legislation its charter was made to expire January 31, 1895. At the time its charter expired it owned mineral rights and incidental timber and surface rights in five tracts of land in Wayne county, Ky., aggregating 1,000 acres. It owed no debts, and had carried on no mining operations on the land in question. Section 561 of the Kentucky Statutes provides that:
“When any corporation expires by the terms of the articles of incorporation * * * it may…
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