Carrs Fork Corp. v. Kodak Mining Co.

809 S.W.2d 699 (1991)

CARRS FORK CORPORATION, Appellant,

v.

KODAK MINING COMPANY, Appellee.

No. 89-SC-948-DG.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 11, 1991.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1991.

Asa P. Gullett, III, Gullett, Combs and Branham, Stephen L. Tackett, Tackett and Markelonis, Hazard, for appellant.

John Doug Hays, Pikeville, for appellee.

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals reversing a judgment of the circuit court which adopted an arbitration award of May 13, 1987 which terminated a coal lease known as "Defeated Creek lease."

In 1956, Kodak and Carrs Fork…