Legal Opinion

Cooter v. Dearborn

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 22, 1886PublishedCited by 14 opinions

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

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

Laura J. Dearborn, and her husband, George H. Dearborn, and Andrew Goodwin, appellees herein, filed their bill on August 12, 1875, in the circuit court of Champaign county, for a partition of 320 acres of land, described as the east half of section 13, township 22 north, range 7 east, and for the purpose of setting aside a deed from Jane Terwilliger, as guardian of Laura J. Dearborn, to one Nicholas Dolph, as a cloud upon the interest of said Laura in said land.

It is conceded that the premises were originally owned by James Goodwin, who died intestate about 1851, leaving the said Jane (since…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Busch v. HustonIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  2. McCagg v. HeacockIllinois Supreme Court · 1864

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Morris v. GlaserNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1930
  2. Heppe v. SzczepanskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Pulse v. OsbornIndiana Court of Appeals · 1902
  4. Hunt v. Meeker County Abstract & Loan Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  5. Salem National Bank v. WhiteIllinois Supreme Court · 1895

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