WOOD, Circuit Judge.
John Wasson sued Peabody Coal Company for breach of contract, claiming that it underpaid the royalties to which he was entitled for coal mined from his property. After a bifurcated jury trial resulting in a $350,000 verdict in Wasson's favor, the district court granted Peabody's renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law. Wasson appeals, and we affirm.
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Wasson leased coal-mining rights to Peabody (or one of its predecessors...
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