Legal Opinion

Packwood v. Gridley

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1866PublishedCited by 4 opinions

. Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence

On the 6th of September, 1857, Corydon Weed sold to Charles Packwood a tract of land for which the latter gave one note for $172.80, due in ten days, and eight notes for $360 each, of which one was to fall due annually during the next eight years. At the time of this sale the land was subject to a mortgage in favor of one Fell. At the March Term, 1857, of the Circuit Court, Fell filed his bill to foreclose said mortgage, making Weed and Packwood parties, and obtained a decree, by virtue of which the lands, on the 11th of May, 1859, were sold by the master. On the 11th of May, 1860, Packwood…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Scott v. WhitlowIllinois Supreme Court · 1858

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Higgins v. LansinghIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Alexander v. HoffmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Cross v. Citizens Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1925
  4. Ehrler v. WorthenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893

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