Goudy v. Hall
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Fulton county, the Hon. C. L. Higkbee, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, commenced October 1st, 1861, by the appellants against the appellee. The plaintiffs claimed title under the heirs of one John Fridley, and the defendant, under a sale by his administrator to pay debts. The question involved was the validity of the administrator’s sale. The points presented are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawbewce
This is an action of ejectment, in which the plaintiffs below, who are also the plaintiffs in error, claimed title under the heirs of one John Fridley, deceased, and the defendant claimed under a deed from his administrator. The decree, by virtue of which the administrator sold, was afterwards reversed in this court upon a writ of error brought by the heirs. The case is reported 25 Ill. 146. The case at bar depends, first, upon the character of the judicial proceedings anterior to the sale; and, secondly, upon the effect of the reversal. The first point evidently resolves itself into a pure…
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