Legal Opinion
Updike v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 20, 1942No. 26401. Affirmed in part; reversed in part and remandedPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farthing
The plaintiffs, Sylvester S. Updike, Dora A. Bromley and Joanna Mefford, filed their complaint in the circuit court of Lawrence county, admitted the validity of oil leases held by the Ohio Oil Company and prayed that they be found to be the owners in fee simple of all the remaining oil and gas rights in and to the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 36, township 5 north, range 13 west of the second principal meridian in Lawrence county, Illinois, and that the defendants, Mark Smith and Cassie Smith, be found to have no right, title or interest to the oil and gas rights in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Watford Oil & Gas Co. v. ShipmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Triger v. Carter Oil Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1939
- Uphoff v. Trustees of Tufts CollegeIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
- Transcontinental Oil Co. v. EmmersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- People ex rel. Carrell v. BellIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Miller v. RidgleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- Logue v. Von AlmenIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
- People Ex Rel. Hargrave v. PhillipsIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
- Anson v. HaywoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
- Central Standard Life Insurance v. GardnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
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