Daughetee v. Ohio Oil Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clark county; the Hon. M. W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Puterbaugh
This is a suit in assumpsit predicated upon what is commonly known as an oil and gas lease, for the recovery of damages alleged to have resulted from the failure of the defendant to develop the lands conveyed for oil and to diligently pump and market oil which it is claimed conld have been obtained from wells sunk under said lease. A trial by jury resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $5000', to reverse which this appeal is prosecuted.
The declaration consists of four counts. The first count alleges in substance that the plaintiff on June 3, 1904, for the…
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- Ray v. West. Penna. N. Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
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- Koch's & Balliet's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
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