Leavers v. Cleary
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. Charles H. Wood, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was a bill in equity, brought by Ann Cleary and «William Cleary, her husband, in the Circuit Court of Livingston county, against William H. Leavers, to enjoin him from mining coal from certain lands not embraced in a certain contract entered into between his grantor and William Cleary.
It appears from the record that, on the 30th day of May, 1865, Ann and William Cleary, being the owners of certain coal lands in Livingston county, entered into a contract, in writing, with the Pontiac Coal Company, by which they sold all the coal, coal oil and other minerals contained in the lands, to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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