Stivers v. Stivers
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Moultrie county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. On September 11, 1907, Etna H. Stivers,.Mary V. Stivers, and Carl M. Stivers by Mary M. Stivers, his next friend, filed their bill in the circuit court of Moultrie county against Ora E. Stivers and others for partition of eighty-three acres of land in that county.
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Appear from the Circuit Court of Moultrie county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. On September 11, 1907, Etna H. Stivers,.Mary V. Stivers, and Carl M. Stivers by Mary M. Stivers, his next friend, filed their bill in the circuit court of Moultrie county against Ora E. Stivers and others for partition of eighty-three acres of land in that county. The cause was referred to a master, and thereafter, in accordance with his recommendations, on October 17, 1907, a decree for partition and-appointing commissioners was entered by the court. The commissioners fixed the value of the land at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Appellant, the purchaser at the sale, was heard upon the objections to the confirmation of the report of the sale and was allowed an appeal. The contention of appellees that hfe could not rightfully appeal is without merit. The petition of Carl M. Stivers asking dismissal of the bill filed after the master’s sale, upon the conveyance to him of the interests of the other tenants in common, did not affect the rights of- the purchaser at the sale. The further discussion of the case may therefore be confined to the grounds upon which it was originally urged that the master’s sale should not be…
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