Hopkins v. Medley
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Clay county; the Hon. William C. Jones, Judge, presiding. This was a petition by defendants in error, against plaintiffs in error, in the Clay county circuit court, for the partition of lot 9, block 20, in the town of Flora, this State.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Clay county; the Hon. William C. Jones, Judge, presiding. This was a petition by defendants in error, against plaintiffs in error, in the Clay county circuit court, for the partition of lot 9, block 20, in the town of Flora, this State. The charging part of the petition was as follows: Petitioners say that they are the owners in fee of the undivided ff of lot No..9, block 20, in the town of Flora, Illinois; that Samuel White purchased of the United States the northwest quarter of the south-west quarter sec. 25, town. 3, range 6, etc. White conveyed to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
The importance of this case, both with respect to the legal questions involved and the value of the property depending upon its determination, has induced us to give it our most careful and deliberate consideration, and also to set out more fully than is usual the proceedings in the court below, so that its real merits may be presented in as clear and compendious a light.as possible.
A reversal is asked upon a number of grounds:
First.—It is insisted that the court erred in striking the plea in abatement from the files. This objection is not well taken. Section 21 of chapter 1 of the Revised…
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