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DETHLOFF v. ZEIGLER COAL CO.

No. 15024.

69 Ill. App.3d 133 (1979)

386 N.E.2d 1373

PHILLIP A. DETHLOFF et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. ZEIGLER COAL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Supplemental opinion filed on denial of rehearing March 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Armstrong, Paul R. Lynch, and Richard F. Record, Jr., all of Craig & Craig, of Mattoon (James B. Rice and Arthur R. O'Brien, of counsel), for appellant.

Harold A. Baker, of Hatch & Baker, of Champaign, and Raymond Lee, of Tuscola, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

Coal lease.

Verdict for plaintiffs: $4,019,867.08.

We affirm upon remittitur to $1,573,455.57. Otherwise, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

This will be a long opinion. The facts are prolix and complex, but their tiresome recitation is requisite to a hopefully lucid discussion of the substantial issues before us on appeal.

On June 20, 1945, the Dethloffs...

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