Kentucky Fluorspar Co. v. Pierce
Kentucky Fluorspar Co. v. Pierce
Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Reversing.
A full statement of the facts out of which this and the former action sprang may he found in the opinion styled Kentucky Flourspar Company v. Pierce, et al., 184 Ky. 573. That opinion affirmed the judgment of the lower court directing a sale of the jointly owned mineral lands and a division of the proceeds arising from the sale as the interest of the several joint owners were made to appear. Neither party has sought to have that judgment carried out by a sale.
The first action was by a joint owner of real property against his co-owner for a sale of the joint property and a division of the proceeds as the interests of each owner might be made to appear. That was a very different action from this. By this action the plaintiffs, now appellees, are seeking to recover alleged past due royalties. In the former opinion in the discussion of the question of whether lands upon which a mineral lease existed could be divided among the co-owners, or sold at the suit of one co-owner against the others for a division of the proceeds, we adverted to other subjects relative to the
Undoubtedly this tenancy, which was originally for more than one year, had been converted into one from year to year from and after the term expired. If that be true then section 2295, Kentucky Statutes, covers the case. It reads:
“If, by contract, a term or tenancy for a year or more is to expire on a certain day, the tenant shall abandon the premises on that day, unless by express contract he secures the right to remain longer. If, without such contract, the'tenant shall hold over, he shall not thereby acquire any right to hold or remain on the premises for ninety days after said day, and the possession may be recovered without demand or notice, if proceedings are instituted within that time. But if proceedings are not instituted by that time then none shall be allowed until the expiration of one year from the day the term or tenancy expired; and at the end of said year the tenant 'shall abandon the premises without demand or notice, or stand in the same relation to his landlord that he did at the expiration of the term or tenancy aforesaid; and so from year to year, until he abandons the premises, is turned out of possession, or makes a new contract.”
This section has been applied to eases somewhat like the one under consideration. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Ry. Co. v. Depot Lunch Room, 190 Ky. 121; Klein v. Auto Parcel Delivery Company, 192 Ky. 583. Applying that statute to the situation we have here, the lessee should have abandoned the premises at the end of the five year period unless by express con
For the reasons indicated the judgment must be reversed for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Judgment reversed.
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