Missouri & Illinois Coal Co. v. Reichert

This was a suit by appellees for royalties claimed to be due them under a coal mining contract, covering certain premises in St. Clair county, Illinois'.

Upon the first trial of the case in the Circuit Court there was a judgment in favor of appellees for $8,000. An appeal was taken to this court by the coal company, where the case was reversed and the cause remanded for errors committed in the trial below. See Missouri & Illinois Coal Co. v. Reichert, 119 Ill. App., 148, where there is a full statement of the facts upon which the action is based.

Upon the second trial appellees "filed an…