Youngs v. Old Ben Coal Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 20520
No(s). 00-2190 (7th Cir. Mar 15, 2001)

The Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a landowner's breach of contract claim against a mining company that failed to restore the oil wells on the landowner's property after the company strip mined the property and ceased its mining activities. In 1956, the landowner purchased land, except fo...