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WILSON v. BISHOP

No. 52136.

82 Ill.2d 364 (1980)

412 N.E.2d 522

ROBERT JOE WILSON, Appellant, v. MARCEIL GREENHALGH BISHOP et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Van Winkle, of Van Winkle & Van Winkle, of McLeansboro, for appellant.

Maurice E. Gosnell, of Gosnell, Benecki, Borden & Enloe, Ltd., of Lawrenceville, and Howard W. Campbell and Craig Hedin, of Campbell, Furnall, Moore & Jacobsen, of Mt. Vernon, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This litigation arose in 1976 when it was discovered that commercial quantities of oil underlay a portion of a 72-acre tract of land in White County in which the surface area is owned by plaintiff, Robert Joe Wilson. The dispute concerns ownership of an undivided one-third interest in the oil and gas, which plaintiff claims pursuant to the...

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