JOHN O. SCHOFIELD, INC. v. NIKKEL

No. 5-98-0769.

731 N.E.2d 915 (2000)

314 Ill. App.3d 771

247 Ill.Dec. 142

JOHN O. SCHOFIELD, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee (W.S. Howard, Plaintiff), v. Sam H. NIKKEL, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant (Farm Bureau Oil Company, Defendant-Appellee, and H. Wayne Gifford and Mineral Development, Inc., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

June 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Molt, Law Office of Michael J. Molt, Ltd., Fairfield, for John O. Schofield, Inc.

George C. Lackey, Lackey & Lackey, P.C., Centralia, for Sam H. Nikkel.


Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, John O. Schofield, Inc. (Schofield), is Stephen Wilson's assignee and successor in interest. Schofield claims that defendant Sam H. Nikkel orally agreed to convey to Wilson an interest in all oil and gas leases acquired in an area known as the Boulder Field Unit (Boulder Field) in exchange for Wilson's geological services. Nikkel maintains that he agreed to convey to Wilson only an interest in the...

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