Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1900 — An Oil Case. [ARTICLE]

An Oil Case.

A new suit was filed in the circuit court last Saturday which promises to be hotly contested. The plaintiff is the Jasper County Oil and Gas Co., with headquarters at South Bend, and the defendants are Howard F. Chappell et al. The trouble grows out of oil leases in the n| of sw| of section 28, Walker and Gillam townships. The leases were made originally to the Inter-State Oil Co., and later assigned to Thomas McDonald and by him to plaintiff. Defendants went to work putting down wells and the plaintiff cot a restraining order from Judge Thompson, and the case will come up for trial at the September term of court.