SHELTON v. ANDRES

No. 60141.

106 Ill.2d 153 (1985)

478 N.E.2d 311

FREDERICK F. SHELTON et al., Appellants, v. HELEN ANDRES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick L. Duke, of Smith, McCollum & Riggle, of Flora, for appellants.

Feirich, Schoen, Mager, Green & Associates, of Carbondale, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs, Frederick and Shirley Shelton, brought this action to quiet title to a seven-twelfths interest in the oil, gas and other minerals underneath an 80-acre tract of land in Wayne County. The defendant, Helen Andres, also claims title to the mineral interest. Her predecessor, S.D. Broyles, conveyed the 80-acre parcel to plaintiffs in 1962, but he reserved the mineral interest to himself...

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