Carbondale Investment Co. v. Burdick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pollock, J.:

It is difficult to determine the exact nature and scope of this action. It was brought by I. D. Burdick and PI. W. Burdick against the Carbon-dale Investment Company, based upon the following facts : The investment company was the owner of an eighty-acre tract of land near the city of Carbondale, upon which there were discovered mineral springs. The investment company desiring to sell this land, *330and plaintiffs wishing to purchase for the purpose of' utilizing these springs, developing the property, and platting it into an addition to the…