Legal Opinion

Catholic Bishop v. Chiniquy

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1874PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. Charles H. Wood, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister

This is an appeal from the decree of the circuit court of Kankakee county, perpetually enjoining an action of ejectment pending in that court, which had been brought by appellant, as a corporation sole, having the legal title, against appellees, the defendants therein, to recover the land described in appellees’ bill of complaint herein.

The bill, so far as we can discover through its abounding redundancies, really and substantially goes upon the ground that appellant had no legal title to the premises, that the conveyance relied upon by the latter was absolutely void, and the court has so…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Patterson v. PattersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Shenehon v. Illinois Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
  3. Byrne v. BrownSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
  4. White v. Young Men's Christian Ass'n of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  5. County of Cook v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1895

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