Legal Opinion
Phelps v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 23, 1928No. 17769. Decree affirmedPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On June 12, 1923, defendant in error, George H. Phelps, filed his bill for partition in the superior court of Cook county against the city of Chicago and Ida Phelps Wyman, also praying for the removal of certain tax deeds as clouds on the title. Ida Phelps Wyman defaulted, an answer was filed by the city, upon a hearing a decree was entered as prayed, and a writ of error has been prosecuted from this court by the city.
The bill alleged that defendant in error and Ida Phelps Wyman were the owners of certain real estate in Chicago which was vacant and unoccupied. On various dates from 1909 to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of Chicago v. CollinIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
- McFall v. KirkpatrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Riverside Co. v. TownshendIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Jenkins v. International BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- City of Chicago v. PickIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
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3Cited by22 opinions
- The People v. KiddIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
- Morris v. Union Oil Co. of CaliforniaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- Baird & Warner, Inc. v. Addison Industrial Park, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- Hughey v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
- Karas v. SnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
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