COPPLE v. CARTER OIL CO.

No. 124-D.

44 F.Supp. 579 (1942)

COPPLE et al. v. CARTER OIL CO. et al.

District Court, E. D. Illinois.

May 1, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Walker, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Walter Davison of Mattoon, Ill., and Acton, Acton & Baldwin, of Danville, Ill., for defendants.


LINDLEY, District Judge.

Under Counts 1 and 3, the only ones remaining, plaintiffs seek alternative relief, (a) that defendants be directed to drill an off-set well; (b) that the oil lease to defendants be canceled and, (c) for damages claimed to have accrued because of defendants' drainage of oil from the premises involved, by their wells on other premises to which they have drilled no off-setting wells. To succeed under (a), plaintiffs have the burden of proving...

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