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PUCKETT v. OELZE

No. 5-84-0128.

134 Ill. App.3d 1020 (1985)

481 N.E.2d 867

R.E. PUCKETT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ELMER OELZE, JR., Defendant-Appellant (Ashland Oil, Inc., Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Bigham, of Hohlt, House, DeMoss & Johnson, of Pinckneyville, for appellant.

A. Ben Mitchell and L. James Hanson, both of Musick & Mitchell, of Mt. Vernon, for appellees.

Order affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal we are asked by defendant-appellant Oelze to construe a farmout agreement of an oil and gas lease. Defendant contends here, as he did before the trial court, that State-mandated oil well spacing requirements create a latent ambiguity in the agreement that calls for evidence to show the true intention of the parties....

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