Lincoln Coal Company v. Deaton

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Logan

Affirming,

Counsel for appellee have not favored us with brief in this case. The appellant urges a number of grounds for reversal. It is engaged in the business of mining coal on the North fork of the Kentucky river in Perry county. The line of railroad over which it ships its coal is on the opposite side of the river, as is also the tipple of appellant. In the year 1918 appellant constructed a suspension bridge across the river from its coal mines to its tipple.

The appellee owns a tract of land on the North fork of the Kentucky river located on the opposite…