HAMMER v. JEFFERSON OIL & GAS CORP.

Gen. No. 61-M-4.

38 Ill. App.2d 136 (1962)

186 N.E.2d 667

A.J. Hammer, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jefferson Oil & Gas Corp., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

November 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Green, of Mattoon (Thomas J. Logue, of counsel, of Mattoon), for appellant.

Carter Harrison, of Benton, and John E. Jacobsen, of Mt. Vernon, for appellees.


SCHEINEMAN, P.J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict in favor of defendants. The action arises out of a claim for damages incurred by plaintiff when the ground upon which he had set up his oil drilling rig caved into a coal mine and further drilling had to be abandoned.

Plaintiff contends that under the terms of his lease the well was to be drilled through a coal pillar in the mine and that the defendants negligently designated...

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