WESTBURY COAL MIN. PARTNERSHIP v. J.S. & K. COAL CORP.

Record No. 831660.

355 S.E.2d 571 (1987)

WESTBURY COAL MINING PARTNERSHIP v. J.S. & K. COAL CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark M. Lawson, White, Elliott & Bundy, Abingdon, on brief, for appellant.

No brief or argument for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.


POFF, Justice.

This appeal questions the chancellor's construction of a written contract.

Westbury Coal Mining Partnership (Westbury) is a limited partnership, and J.S. & K. Coal Corporation (the contractor) is a corporation. Both were organized under the laws of the Commonwealth with principal offices in Richlands. By contract dated January 1, 1980, the contractor agreed to conduct coal mining operations on land leased to Westbury. Subsection 13(b) of...

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