Union Colliery Co. v. Fishback

The Union Colliery Company, appellant, filed its bill in the circuit court of Jackson county against Derilda Fish-back, appellee, praying for the specific performance of a certain option contract for the purchase and sale of all coal in or under the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 4, township 7, south, range 1, west of the third principal meridian, situated in Jackson county, State of Illinois, alleged to have been given in a certain mining lease and option signed by appellee April 19, 1917. Appellee answered the bill, and the issues thus formed were referred to the…