Legal Opinion

Roberts v. Flatt

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 2, 1892PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene county; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was a petition in the county court of Greene county, brought by F. M. Roberts, administrator of the estate of Aaron Flatt, deceased, for leave to sell real estate to pay the balance of a debt, amounting to $1100, in favor of Daniel Morfoot, which he claims is a subsisting liability against the estate. On a hearing in the county court a decree of sale was rendered in favor of the petitioner, as prayed for in the petition, but. on an appeal to the circuit court by the heirs of the deceased the petition was dismissed, and the judgment of the circuit court was affirmed in the Appellate Court.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Darling v. McDonaldIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Wallace v. GatchellIllinois Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Pufahl v. Estate of ParksSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Waughop v. BartlettIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Illinois Public Aid Commission v. SandersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  4. State ex rel. Scherber v. Probate Court of Hennepin CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
  5. Boone v. BooneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1941

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