Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Co. v. Menhall

MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree, entered December 23, 1941, wherein the defendants were permanently and perpetually enjoined from threatening or interfering with plaintiffs’ operations in removing oil and gas from a tract of land in Franklin Coun ty, Illinois, described as follows: Tht Southwest Quarter of the Southwes Quarter of Section Twenty-five (25), Township -Six (6) South, Range Two (2) East of the Third Principal Meridian.

There is no dispute but that the plaintiff, Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company, by mesne conveyances, was vested with all the right,…