Legal Opinion

Howell v. Foster

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 27, 1887PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. James F. Hughes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey

The present writ of error brings before us for review a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Third District, affirming • an order and decree of the circuit court of Macon county, dismissing a bill in equity filed therein by Ezekiel Howell, against William Foster, the sheriff of the county, to restrain him from selling certain real estate belonging to the former, under numerous fee-bills and executions then in his hands in favor of various parties, and for divers small sums of money, amounting, in the aggregate, to over $500.

The bill charges, “that on the 25th of February, March 3, and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Smith v. RotanIllinois Supreme Court · 1867

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Howard v. LukeArizona Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Rodisch v. MooreIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Cheney v. BengtsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935
  4. Wilson v. DerrwaldtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902

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