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RAGSDALE v. SUPERIOR OIL CO.

Gen. No. 66-126.

85 Ill. App.2d 467 (1967)

229 N.E.2d 299

Samuel O. Ragsdale, by Robert Reed, His Next Friend, and Robert Reed, as Conservator of the Estate of Olias Ragsdale, an Incompetent, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The Superior Oil Company, a Corporation, Myrna E. Ragsdale, Individually, and Myrna E. Ragsdale, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Ragsdale, Deceased, Georgia Ragsdale, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied September 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay B. Stringer, of Mount Vernon, for appellants.

Wham & Wham, of Centralia, for appellee Superior Oil Company, and Craig & Craig, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee Myrna E. Ragsdale, individually and as administrator of the Estate of Robert Ragsdale, deceased, et al.

MORAN, P.J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Illinois, dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for damages.

The complaint sought to recover damages from the Superior Oil Company for wrongfully and willfully entering upon, drilling wells, and extracting oil from land claimed to be owned by Samuel O. Ragsdale.

The Superior Oil Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to join necessary parties. The...

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