Legal Opinion

Herdman v. Cooper

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 4, 1891PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson county; the Hon. William C. Jones, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

In the view we take of this ease the following are the material facts: On the 11th of June, 1886, William H. Herdman, and Mary A. Herdman, his wife, mortgaged the property in controversy in this suit, which they claim is a part of their homestead, to Samuel* H. Watson, and relinquished their rights of homestead in the property in conformity with the statute. This mortgage was duly foreclosed, and the mortgaged property was sold to the mortgagee on the 13th of February, 1887. Johnson, as the assignee of a judgment in favor of Bightnowar and against William H. Herdman, redeemed from this sale,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. MaceIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Pearson v. PearsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Breed v. GorhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Thornley v. MooreIllinois Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Hruby v. SteinmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Sutherland v. LongIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Powers v. PenseWyoming Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Commerce Vault Co. v. BarrettIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Chicago Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. ColemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1918

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