Jones v. Young
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John L. Healy, Judge, presiding. This is a proceeding in the circuit court of Cook county for the partition of real estate in that county. The only question here involved is whether the fees of complainant’s solicitors should be apportioned among the parties and taxed as costs. The trial court allowed $4000 so taxed.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John L. Healy, Judge, presiding. This is a proceeding in the circuit court of Cook county for the partition of real estate in that county. The only question here involved is whether the fees of complainant’s solicitors should be apportioned among the parties and taxed as costs. The trial court allowed $4000 so taxed. The Appellate Court reversed the decree on this .point and remanded the cause. Florence Brayton Jones, wife of appellant, died intestate…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Appellant insists that the decree entered July 13, 1897, was final in character, not only as to fixing the title to the property in the partition proceedings, but as to the costs, including the fees of complainant’s solicitors. It will be noted that that decree did not fix the solicitor’s fees, but only provided that a reasonable solicitor’s fee be apportioned among the parties according to their several interests, and that no final action was to be taken as to the amount of the fees until the confirmation of the commissioners’ report, which was to be made thereafter. No substantial steps…
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