Legal Opinion

Mayfield v. Forsyth

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 10, 1896PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was a bill in equity brought by appellants, against Robert N. Forsyth and Ann Forsyth, for partition, for an accounting and for general relief. It appears from the record that on the 25th day of May, 1864, one Robert H. Forsyth died intestate in Logan county, leaving him surviving eleven children or descendants of children as his heirs-at-law. The deceased, at the time of his death, owned the east half of the south-east quarter of section 24 and the south half of the south-east quarter of the north-east quarter of section 24, both in township 20, north, range 3, west, in Logan county,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Kingsbury v. BurnsideIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
  2. Jackson v. ClevelandMichigan Supreme Court · 1866
  3. Stevenson v. CrapnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Sheldon v. HardingIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  5. Beach v. ShawIllinois Supreme Court · 1870

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Lancaster v. SpringerIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Evans v. BerkoIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Peters v. MeyersIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Benson v. DempsterIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  5. First Nat. Bank of Elgin v. DierkingAppellate Court of Illinois · 1967

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