BUIS v. PEABODY COAL CO.

Gen. No. 10,452.

41 Ill. App.2d 317 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 507

Lodema Nadine Buis, Edith Buis, and Leslie Gebhart, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Peabody Coal Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

May 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hershey and Bliss, of Taylorville (Don E. Beane, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

Coale, Johnston, Flesher & Taylor, of Taylorville, for appellees.


REYNOLDS, J.

This is a suit for damages alleged to have resulted from subsidences on a 60-acre tract of land, in Christian County, Illinois. Lodema Nadine Buis sued as owner and Edith Buis and Leslie Gebhart as tenants. The defendant, Peabody Coal Company, purchased the coal under the land in question from Stonington Coal Company in 1916. There were two owners intervening, but apparently, they were only intermediaries and Peabody Coal Company was the real purchaser...

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