McLean County Coal Co. v. Long

It appears that John Long, the husband of appellee, in his lifetime sued appellant to recover for a quantity of coal it had mined, removed from land belonging to him, and converted to its own use. He recovered a judgment, and appellant brought the case to this court, and the judgment was reversed and the cause remanded. (See 81 Ill. 359.) After the judgment was reversed, and before the case was redocketed in the court below, Long died, having, by will, devised and bequeathed all of his property to appellee. The cause was docketed, the death of Long suggested, and leave given to amend the…