Gormley v. Clark
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE OIRCUIT COURT OB' THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Michael Gormley, the appellant, on the 5th day of March. 1.874, made a subdivision, into blocks and lots, of certain property within the limits of the village of Glencoe, Cook County, Illinois, entitled “ Gormley’s Addition to Glencoe acknowledged the plat before a justice of the peace; and had it certified to by the county surveyor, and duly recorded in the recorder’s office of said…
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APPEAL FROM THE OIRCUIT COURT OB' THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Michael Gormley, the appellant, on the 5th day of March. 1.874, made a subdivision, into blocks and lots, of certain property within the limits of the village of Glencoe, Cook County, Illinois, entitled “ Gormley’s Addition to Glencoe acknowledged the plat before a justice of the peace; and had it certified to by the county surveyor, and duly recorded in the recorder’s office of said county. lie derived title to so •much of the property as is involved in this case under a warranty deed' from his father,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Chief Justice Fullee,
after stating the case, delivered the opinión of the court.
Upon the 8th and 9th of October, 187.1, a memorable conflagration destroyed a large part of the city of Chicago, including the court-house and the entire records of the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, in which the city of Chicago was situated. An act w.as thereupon passed by the general assembly of that State, appro-, ed April 9, 1872, to remedy the evils consequent upon the destruction of public records. Laws Illinois 1871-2, p. 652, which act is now chapter 116 of the Revised Statutes of Ulinois. 2…
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