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SIMPKINS v. MARAS

Gen. No. 10,156.

17 Ill. App.2d 238 (1958)

149 N.E.2d 430

Joe Simpkins, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George Maras and Sophie Maras, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Released for publication May 9, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weilepp, Wilson and Dyar, of Decatur (Vernon H. Houchen, of counsel) for appellants.

Hershey & Bliss, of Taylorville, and Craig & Craig, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.

JUDGE REYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit involves the right to drill for oil on certain land owned by George Maras and Sophie Maras, in Christian county, Illinois. Prior to 1906 the land involved, hereinafter called the "land," was owned by Isaac Hoover, Jr., in fee simple, and on April 6, 1906, Isaac Hoover, Jr., with his wife, Amanda Hoover, conveyed by warranty deed the "coal and other mineral underlying the surface" of the land, "together with...

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