Burton v. Clere

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

G-. B. Clere and Ms wife, Pearl Olere, as the operator and owner of a coal mine in Carter county, had become indebted to a number of men for labor and to other individuals and firms for materials and supplies in the aggregate about $4,200. On August 12, 1927, they, as lessors, and all these creditors, as “associate lessors,” joined in a lease of the mine to Oeorge Ferguson, Jr., O. L. Kerns, and Wilcox Ward, as parties of the second part. The lease sets out the names of the creditors and the respective sums due them, which range from…