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PEOPLE EX REL. SIMPKINS v. VILLAGE OF KINCAID

Gen. No. 10,290.

26 Ill. App.2d 68 (1960)

167 N.E.2d 698

The People of the State of Illinois on the Relation of Joe Simpkins, Petitioner-Appellee, v. The Village of Kincaid, Christian County, Illinois, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied June 27, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pree and Pree, of Springfield, Carl H. Preihs, of Pana, and Harold Broverman, of Taylorville (Scott Hoover, of counsel) for appellant.

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

PER CURIAM.

This is a suit for mandamus to compel the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kincaid to issue permits to one Joe Simpkins to drill for oil within the village limits of Kincaid. Joe Simpkins was in the business of drilling for oil and prior to the institution of this suit, had drilled approximately 100 wells in the Kincaid area, of which some 90 were oil producing wells. Simpkins was the holder of certain leases of oil rights under certain vacant lots...

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