HATTON v. FALCON COAL CO.


734 S.W.2d 806 (1987)

Nancy HATTON, Bertha Deaton, Mary Stotts, Martha Helton, Anna White, Everlyn White, Gary White, Donald White, and Wayne White, Appellants, v. FALCON COAL COMPANY and Kycoga Company, an Unknown Defendant, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1987.

Discretionary Review Denied by Supreme Court September 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe F. Childers, Shepherd & Childers, Lexington, Robert H. Cornett, Jackson, for appellants.

Richard Ward and C. Kilmer Combs, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Lexington, for Falcon Coal Co.

Maxwell P. Barret, William Engle, III, Barret, Haynes & May, Hazard, for Kycoga Co.

Before HOWERTON, C.J., and COMBS and HAYES, JJ.


HOWERTON, Chief Judge.

The appellants appeal from a decision of the Breathitt Circuit Court which entered a summary judgment against them. The court found that their cause of action was barred by the five-year statute of limitations. We reverse the circuit court's decision and remand.

In 1889, Abijah and Marinda White and John White conveyed to Arthur D. Bright the "coal, gases, salt water, and minerals of every description" on their property. Bright is the...

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