METZ v. DOSS

Gen. No. 10,930.

114 Ill. App.2d 195 (1969)

252 N.E.2d 410

William Metz, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dwight H. Doss, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Alice Gray, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Welby Walden, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Alice Gray, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Burdett Manning, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Alice Gray, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Burdett Manning, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Alice Gray, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dwight H. Doss, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Lawrence W. Phillips, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Hiram M. Weber, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Virgil Walmsley, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Fred Zeisler, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied December 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pree & Pree, and Lucas & Lucas, of Springfield (Edward G. Pree, of counsel), and Grigsby & Irving, of Pittsfield, for appellants.

Thomas Sweeney, Sweeney & Sweeney, of Taylorville, and Paul F. Grote, of Pittsfield, for appellees.


CREBS, J.

Plaintiffs brought suits to compel the release of record of certain oil and gas leases. The trial court granted plaintiffs' motions for summary judgments.

[1] Our first consideration is a motion to dismiss the appeals in six of the seven cases on the grounds that they were improperly consolidated on appeal. This motion has been taken with the case. The seven cases were filed as separate suits and so handled by the trial court. Because...

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