Legal Opinion

Jones v. Hodges

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 18, 1953No. 32899PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Schaefer

This appeal is a sequel to Jones v. Robley, 402 Ill. 302, and Jones v. Hodges, 347 Ill. App. 436, leave to appeal denied September 12, 1952.

In 1942, P. L. Jones filed a complaint in the circuit court of Macoupin County, seeking to set aside two deeds by which his wife, Dora Zelmer Jones, had purported to convey property located in Carlinville, Illinois, and in Morton County, North Dakota, to her brother, Edward C. Mieher, and to set aside two later deeds from Mieher to other defendants. The circuit court entered a decree dismissing Jones’s complaint for want of equity. Upon appeal, this…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Becker v. FinkIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Kagy v. LukeIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Kesner v. MieschIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Cohen v. OgussIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  5. Schrader v. SchraderIllinois Supreme Court · 1934

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Jones v. HodgesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1954
  2. McCarthy v. McCarthyIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Freese v. JeffordsIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  4. City of Chicago v. MardatIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
  5. Hall v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 1960

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