LINTON COAL CO. v. SOUTH CENT. RESOURCES

1900740, 1901151.

590 So.2d 911 (1991)

LINTON COAL COMPANY, INC. v. SOUTH CENTRAL RESOURCES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. De Buys, Jr., John C. Morrow and Mark M. Lawson of Burr & Forman, Birmingham, for appellant.

Thomas L. Stewart of Gorham, Waldrep, Stewart, Kendrick & Bryant, P.C., Birmingham, for appellees.


STEAGALL, Justice.

On June 3, 1974, Linton Coal Company, Inc. ("Linton Coal"), leased certain land in Jefferson County to Hallmark Coal Company, Inc. ("Hallmark Coal"), for the express purpose of mining and removing coal. The lease was for an initial term of five years, after which the lessee had the option of extending the lease for additional successive five-year terms "so long as there is recoverable coal remaining in the lands leased hereby."

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