Legal Opinion

Knowles v. Knowles

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1877PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Hikam H. Cody, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield

Patrick Knowles exhibited his bill in chancery in the court below, against Matthew Knowles and Catharine Knowles, his wife, and Charles J. Hawkins, trustee for Catharine Knowles, praying that Hawkins be decreed to convey to the complainant the legal title to a house and lot in the city of Elgin, which he held in trust for Catharine Knowles. ,It is alleged that complainant purchased the property of Catharine Knowles for f 600, paid at the time, on October 13,1868, and took the deed of herself and Matthew Knowles, her husband, therefor, in ignorance that the legal title was in Hawkins, as…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Conwell v. EvillIndiana Supreme Court · 1835

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Deadman v. YantisIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Howell v. BlackburnSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
  3. Shell's City, Inc. v. WestermanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
  4. Florida East Coast Railway v. MichiniDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1962
  5. Davidson v. IwanowskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1950

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