Knight v. Collings
Illinois Supreme Court
■ Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. C. D. MyERS, Judge, presiding.
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■ Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. C. D. MyERS, Judge, presiding. Appellee, Lois K. Collings, began an action of assumpsit in the circuit court of McLean county against her brother, the appellant, Orrin H. Knight, to recover the purchase price of her interest in the real estate of her deceased father, together with a balance due on a $1000 policy of insurance payable to her and collected by him. The father died about twenty-seven years ago, leaving a wife and several children. At the time…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
In the Appellate Court the judgment of the trial court was affirmed upon the ground that appellant had not presented such an abstract of record as enabled the court to consider the grounds of objection raised by him. A new abstract of record has been filed in this court, but appellee insists that it does not properly present all of the evidence considered by the trial court, and for this reason the judgment should be affirmed. AVhile the abstract is not altogether satisfactory, yet we think the questions raised can be properly disposed of notwithstanding this fact. If the abstract…
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