Dikeman v. Sunday Creek Coal Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Fulton county; the Hon. John A. Gray, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright
On June 16, 1888, a lease was executed by S. E. Dike-man, lessor, and J. M. Walter and J. F. McVean, lessees, of the right to remove coal from certain lands in Fulton county for a term of ten years, in consideration whereof said lessees agreed to pay a certain sum per ton for lump coal and $10 for the use of certain surface land, and to conduct the mining operations in good and workmanlike manner and leave pillars for the proper support of the mine. The lease contained the following provision: “It being further agreed that the terms of this lease may be extended an additional ten (10) years,…
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