Martin v. Kentucky Oak Mining Company

429 S.W.2d 395 (1968)

LeRoy MARTIN et al., Appellants,

v.

KENTUCKY OAK MINING COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 21, 1968.

Harry M. Caudill, Whitesburg, Courtney C. Wells, Hazard, for appellants.

J. W. Craft, Jr., Bruce Stephens, Jr., Hazard, Nathan Elliott, Jr., Lexington, James W. Haley, Washington, D. C., for appellees and cross-appellants.

David A. Schneider, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Edward M. Post, Louisville, for Kentucky Civil Liberties Union.

James Young, Hazard, for Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People, Inc.

F. Selby Hurst,…