Legal Opinion

Higgins v. Curtiss

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Hr. Justice Scholeibld

delivered the opinion of the Court:

Bill was filed by the appellant, Nathaniel S. Higgins, who claimed to have a judgment rendered in his favor by the county court of Champaign county, against the estate of James Curtiss, deceased, for $5421.25, and other creditors of said Curtiss, to subject lands, alleged to have been conveyed in fraud of their rights, to the payment of their claims. All, except Higgins, have released their claims in favor of the appellee Hary Curtiss, and it will therefore be necessary to allude only to the case as it affects Higgins. Numerous…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Stone v. WoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1854
  2. Jones v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1852

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. County of Winnebago v. CannellIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Anderson v. HawheIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Durham v. FieldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
  4. Bowman v. WilsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
  5. Smith v. Fidelity Trust Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1935

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