Bates v. Northern Coal & Coke Co.

OpinioN op the Court by

Judge Hannah

Affirming.

TMs is an action instituted in the Letcher Circuit Court to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale and conveyance of the coal under a farm in Letcher county owned by W. J. Bates.

There was a judgment denying the relief sought, and the plaintiff, Northern Coal & Coke Company, appealed therefrom. Upon appeal the judgment was reversed with instructions to enter a judgment specifically enforcing the contract. See Northern Coal & Coke Company v. Bates, 146 Ky., 624.

Upon the return of the case to the trial court, the original judgment…