Hoskins' Administrator v. Kentucky Ridge Coal Co.

MOREMEN, Judge.

The opinon in the first appeal may be found in Ky., 277 S.W.2d 57.

The Asher Coal Mining Company and Betty L. Hoskins each owned a large tract of land in Bell County with an adjoining boundary line. A dispute later developed concerning the exact location of this line. The area of the land involved was about ten acres.

In 1934, the Asher Coal Mining Company executed to Jack Whitfield and others a coal lease to a large boundary of land, which also included the disputed ten-acre tract belonging to Betty Hoskins. This lease was assigned to appellee, Kentucky Ridge Coal Company.

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