Hartford Coal Co. v. Helsing

This action involves a controversy over a coal lease. The record is quite voluminous, the abstract containing over 400 pages. We can only refer to the facts briefly. One McIntyre originally owned the lands involved. He leased to one Boutson and others the exclusive right to mine and remove coal underlying the lands for a period of twenty years, beginning May 18, 1923. The royalty at first was 15 cents per ton, and was later reduced to 10 cents. The term of this lease was assigned to the Indian Valley Gloss Coal Company, hereinafter referred to as the Valley Company. Defendant J. L. Helsing*…