Liddell v. Smith

This is one of six appeals 1 growing out of a transaction involving farmlands in Wayne County, Illinois. In a prior appeal taken in this case (Liddell v. Smith, 43 Ill App2d 57, 193 NE2d 45) this court (then the Fourth District), affirmed the order of the Circuit Court of Wayne County, appointing a receiver pendente lite of Sherwood Land Company, one of the corporate defendants in this case, hereinafter called Sherwood. The facts are set forth in the opinion in Liddell v. Smith filed November 1, 1965, 65 Ill App2d 295, 213 NE2d 599, and will not be repeated here.

In his amended complaint,…