Legal Opinion
Carlson v. Kentucky Ridge Coal Co.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided November 1, 1954No. 696PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORD, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs are the owners of approximately five hundred acres of mountain land located on the waters of Simms Fork and Big Camp Branch in Bell County, Kentucky. This land is underlaid with seams of coal and growing upon the surface is a considerable amount of merchantable timber.
On July, 3, 1944, the plaintiffs entered into a contract with the corporate defendant Kentucky Ridge Coal Company (hereinafter referred to as Kentucky Ridge), by the terms of which they leased their land to Kentucky Ridge for coal mining and coke making purposes for a period of thirty years from…
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