Legal Opinion

Bishop v. O'Conner

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1873PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Appeal .from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker

■ A bill was filed by appellants, in the Superior Court of Cook county, against appellees. It alleges that a petition was filed by the administratrix of Charles O’Conner, deceased, in August, 1858, in the county court, asking leave to sell certain real estate which belonged to deceased in his lifetime, to pay the debts of his estate. A decree was obtained, and a sale was made to the brother of Caroline L. Bishop, in 1859, to be held by him in trust for her, and it was afterwards conveved to her. The proceedings under which this sale was made, were, after protracted litigation, held to be…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Vallé's Heirs v. Fleming's HeirsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
  2. McCoy v. MorrowIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
  3. Rosenthal v. RenickIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  4. Kinney v. KnoebelIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
  5. Moore v. EllsworthIllinois Supreme Court · 1869

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Home Savings Bank v. BierstadtIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Lagger v. Mutual Union Loan & Building Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  3. London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America v. TindallIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
  4. American National Bank & Trust Co. v. Weyerhaeuser Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  5. Thompson v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1921

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