Freeman Coal Mining Corp. v. Burton

Plaintiffs, Freeman Coal Mining Corporation, William J. Krugly, and Material Service Corporation, filed their amended- complaint in the circuit court of Cook county against the defendants, Fred A. Burton, Marjorie Hair Burton, his wife, and Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company, seeking to have Fred A. Burton and his wife, the title holders, declared trustees of certain coal lands, located in Williamson county, for the use of the Burton Coal Company and to have plaintiffs declared successors in interest to the Burton Coal Company. Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company was…