Legal Opinion

White v. White

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1882PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Perry county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker

Plaintiffs in error exhibited their bill in the Perry circuit court, to correct and reform a deed to five acres of land conveyed by John White, Jr., the patentee, to his father; John White, Sr. He conveyed it to Samuel White, who died, leaving May White, his widow, and Eva White, his only child and heir. The bill alleges that John White, Jr., in conveying to his father, intended to convey five acres off the east side of the north-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section 6, township 4 south, range 4 west, in Perry county, but in drafting the deed a mistake was made, and it was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mason v. McGirrIllinois Supreme Court · 1862

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Shields v. BushIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Ruprecht v. HenriciAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
  3. Eggers v. AdlerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1928
  4. Metzger v. EmmelIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Nostwick v. KranzAppellate Court of Illinois · 1926

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