Wisner v. Chamberlin
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas A. Moran, Judge, presiding. On October 27, 1882, Maggie E. Chamberlin", the defendant in error, filed her petition in the circuit court of Cook county, under what is commonly known as the Burnt Records act, to establish her title to the east half 'of lot 8, block 2, in Yerby’s subdivision of the north half of the north half of the northwest quarter, and the west half of the north-east quarter, of section 15,…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas A. Moran, Judge, presiding. On October 27, 1882, Maggie E. Chamberlin", the defendant in error, filed her petition in the circuit court of Cook county, under what is commonly known as the Burnt Records act, to establish her title to the east half 'of lot 8, block 2, in Yerby’s subdivision of the north half of the north half of the northwest quarter, and the west half of the north-east quarter, of section 15, township 38 north, range 14 east, making defendants a number of parties, all of whom made default, except Albert Wisner…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The opening paragraph of the brief of counsel for plaintiffs in error is as follows: “As no questions were raised on the trial but such as called for a decision on the sufficiency of the foreclosure of the Embree mortgage, and of the tax title, it will not be necessary to discuss any other, excepting, perhaps, laches and possessory titles.” The inquiry before us, then, is quite limited, and hardly even reaches to the extent of the sufficiency of the foreclosure of the Embree mortgage, as that matter was before us on a former occasion, in the case of Gibbons v. Hoag, 95 Ill. 45, where we…
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