POCAHONTAS MINING CO. v. JEWELL RIDGE COAL

Record Nos. 010110, 010411.

556 S.E.2d 769 (2002)

263 Va. 169

POCAHONTAS MINING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY v. JEWELL RIDGE COAL CORPORATION. Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation v. Pocahontas Mining Limited Liability Company.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elsey A. Harris, III (Chad S. Dotson; Mullins, Harris & Jessee on briefs), Norton, for appellant (Record No. 010110).

Stephen M. Hodges (Wade W. Massie; Penn, Stuart & Eskridge, on briefs), Bristol, for appellee (Record No. 010110).

Stephen M. Hodges (Wade W. Massie; Penn, Stuart & Eskridge, on briefs), Bristol, for appellant (Record No. 010411).

Elsey A. Harris, III (Chad S. Dotson; Mullins, Harris & Jessee on briefs), Norton, for appellee (Record No. 010411).

Present: CARRICO, C.J., LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, and LEMONS, JJ., and STEPHENSON, S.J.


Opinion by Senior Justice ROSCOE B. STEPHENSON, JR.

In these consolidated appeals from the same judgment, we determine whether the trial court erred in interpreting a provision of a lease.

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Pocahontas Mining Limited Liability Company, formerly Pocahontas Mining Company Limited Partnership, L.L.P. (Pocahontas), filed a declaratory judgment proceeding against its lessee, Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation (Jewell Ridge), seeking to have the trial court...

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