AMERICAN LAND HOLDINGS OF INDIANA, LLC v. Jobe

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW FOLLOWING TRIAL

WILLIAM T. LAWRENCE, District Judge.

A bench trial was held in this case beginning on May 28, 2009. In a nutshell, the issue before the Court is whether a 1903 deed entitles the Plaintiffs to utilize surface mining to remove coal from certain land in Sullivan County, Indiana. The Court hereby makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law. 1

I. FINDINGS OF FACT

A. The Parties

Plaintiff American Land Holdings of Indiana, LLC, (“American Land”) is a limited liability company the sole member of which is American Land Development,…