Strayer v. Dickerson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colosttn D. Myers, Judge, presiding.. This bill was filed by Leodicy Dickerson to correct the description of the following described real estate, to-wit: The west half of the north-east quarter of section 29, township 22, range 4, east of the third principal meridian, McLean county, Illinois.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colosttn D. Myers, Judge, presiding.. This bill was filed by Leodicy Dickerson to correct the description of the following described real estate, to-wit: The west half of the north-east quarter of section 29, township 22, range 4, east of the third principal meridian, McLean county, Illinois. The bill made Georgia Belle and Rosaline -Dickerson, Cordelia Patterson, Elizabeth Hobart, and the appellant, Adelaide Strayer, defendants, and was afterwards amended, making Fannie Dickerson defendant instead of Rosaline, her mother, who died…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
The errors assigned in this case bring before us for review the entire record, and we are called upon to ascertain whether the evidence, under the law applicable thereto, makes such a case as will sustain the decree .of the court below.
The question first presented for consideration is as to the character of the contract or deed upon which the relief is sought;—is it an executed or executory contract? Appellee contends that it is an executed contract, and cites in support thereof, Chilvers v. Race, 196 Ill. 71, and White v. Cannon, 125 id. 412. The cases cited are not in point and do not…
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