TROOP v. ST. LOUIS UNION TRUST CO.

Gen. No. 59-O-4.

25 Ill. App.2d 143 (1960)

166 N.E.2d 116

Rufus H. Troop, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. St. Louis Union Trust Company, Executor of the Will of Walter L. Rust, Deceased, et al., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied April 20, 1960.

Released for publication April 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will P. Welker, of Vandalia, and Wham and Wham, of Centralia, for plaintiff-appellant.

Burnside and Dees, of Vandalia, for St. Louis Union Trust Company, Executor of the Will of Walter L. Rust, Deceased, defendant-appellee.


PRESIDING JUSTICE SCHEINEMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, Rufus H. Troop, and the original defendant, Walter L. Rust, were the owners of the working interest in an oil lease (hereafter referred to as "this lease"). Troop owned 3/4ths and Rust 1/4th. Troop was the manager of this lease which had two producing wells, and he also owned the entire working interest of another lease adjoining to the south, which had two producing wells, and he managed...

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