REYNOLDS v. BURNS

No. 35564.

20 Ill.2d 179 (1960)

170 N.E.2d 122

AUSTIN REYNOLDS et al., Appellees, v. WILLIAM JACKSON BURNS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 30, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CRAIG & CRAIG, and J.J. MIDDLETON, both of Mt. Vernon, and AUGUST L. FOWLER, of Marion, for appellants.

JOHN D. DAILY, of McLeansboro, RALPH W. HARRIS, of Marion, and BUTHOD, BARNETT & HARRISON, of Evansville, Indiana, (HUGH J. DOBBS, and FRANK W. YOUNG, of counsel,) for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action to quiet title to the oil, gas and other minerals, except coal, in and under some 14 parcels of land in Saline County. The plaintiffs, by their amended complaint, sought to remove certain instruments as clouds upon their title and further sought a declaratory judgment that they were entitled to all of the oil and gas produced or to be produced from the described...

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