Sheppard v. Berkshire Life Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill in chancery. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Albert C. Barnes, Judge, presiding. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baldwin
Considering at the outset the contention of the Berkshire Life Insurance Company, that the case was not one within equitable jurisdiction, because there was an adequate remedy at law, it seems clear to us that in no other forum could the questions involved be properly disposed of. This suit is, in effect, a bill of review as to that portion of a decree previously entered, which purported" to approve a part of the Mas-. ter’s report referring to the disposition and payment to the Insurance Company of the proceeds of a foreclosure sale.
In the last of the four foreclosures the Master reported…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Lightcap v. BradleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Marsh v. PikeNew York Court of Chancery · 1844
- Furness v. Union National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Union Trust Co. v. RigdonIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Joliet Iron & Steel Co. v. Scioto Fire Brick Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1876
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Sheppard v. Berkshire Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911