Lewis v. Pleasants
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, in the nature of a bill of review, filed October 11, 1889, in the Circuit Court of Woodford county, by Romeo Lewis and others, heirs at law of Romeo Lewis, deceased, against Martha E. Pleasants, William G. Randall and others, to obtain a review, reversal and vacation of a certain decree of said court theretofore rendered, in a certain suit in chancery,…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, in the nature of a bill of review, filed October 11, 1889, in the Circuit Court of Woodford county, by Romeo Lewis and others, heirs at law of Romeo Lewis, deceased, against Martha E. Pleasants, William G. Randall and others, to obtain a review, reversal and vacation of a certain decree of said court theretofore rendered, in a certain suit in chancery, in which Martha E. Pleasants, and William G. Randall were complainants, and the unknown heirs and devisees of Romeo Lewis…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bailey
It is urged in support of the decree, that the bill being a bill of review, is technically insufficient, in that it fails to set out a complete copy of the record of the proceedings sought to be reviewed, and therefore that the decree dismissing the bill for want of equity may be sustained on that-ground. The defendants in error thus seek to apply to the case the rule laid down in Kuttner v. Haines, 135 Ill. 382, and the cases there cited. It seems only necessary to say, that no such point was made in the court below, but on the contrary, that any defect in the hill of that character was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Blair v. VanblarcumIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Brooks v. BruynIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
- Cook v. NortonIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Kuttner v. HainesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
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- Duffield v. DuffieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
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- Walker v. ConverseIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Hanna v. PalmerIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
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