Legal Opinion

Biggerstaff v. Biggerstaff

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1899PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. George W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips

This was a bill in chancery, filed by the appellants, Chauncey C. Biggerstaff, Mary Ramp and Julia E. Ramp, asking to have set aside three deeds made by their father, John J. Biggerstaff, to John Cranston Biggerstaff and Josephine M. Wesner, brother and sister of appellants and also children of John J. Biggerstaff. One of these deeds was executed November 14, 1892, to John Cranston Biggerstaff, conveying one hundred and eighty acres óf land, including the Biggerstaff homestead. The other two were executed on September 4, 1893, by the same grantor,—one to John C. Biggerstaff for the purpose of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Coari v. OlsenIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Rutherford v. MorrisIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Meeker v. MeekerIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Milk v. MooreIllinois Supreme Court · 1864

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Dowie v. DriscollIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Larson v. GlosIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Ackman v. PotterIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Heyman v. HeymanIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Campbell v. FreemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1921

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