Ramacciotti v. Simpkins

This is a suit in equity instituted in the circuit court of Sangamon County, Illinois, and heard by the court without a jury upon the complaint as amended, and the answer and special defenses of the defendant, Simpkins. An interpleader was filed by the Ashland Oil and Refining Company.

The plaintiff, Frank L. Ramacciotti, seeks to have a constructive trust established in certain interest of the defendant, Joe Simpkins, in oil lands located in the tri-state oil basin located in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky, particularly in the interest of defendant Simpkins in the lands leased by him from the…