BAKER v. COLLINS

No. 37679.

29 Ill.2d 410 (1963)

194 N.E.2d 353

CECIL BAKER et al., Appellees, v. RICHARD C. COLLINS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CRAIG & CRAIG, of Mt. Vernon, for appellants.

JOHN M. HOLLENBECK, of Marshall, for appellees.


Decree reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action to cancel an oil and gas lease on the ground that the lease was not sufficiently developed. Defendants, Richard C. Collins and his assignees appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Clark County in favor of the plaintiffs-lessors cancelling the lease as to the whole 210-acre leased tract except one 20-acre location upon which...

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