MILLER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, J. O. Lively, sought by this action to recover damages in the amount of $44,000 by reason of the alleged breach by the appellee, Elkhorn Coal Company, of a contract between the parties pertaining to the strip mining of coal on certain properties owned by the appellee. The jury found for the appellant in the sum of $15,000. Thereafter the District Judge sustained the appellee's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and ordered...
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