Breit v. Yeaton
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery, brought in the Superior Court of Cook county, on March 19, 1879, by John Southgate Yea-ton, Alexina M. Yeaton, Buth Yeaton Stuart, William C. Yea-ton, Jr., and Mary F. Yeaton, against Dominic Breit, Bobert Murray, Frederick E. Bradley, William C. Yeaton, Sr., Lucia C. Yeaton, Charles E. Stuart, and many others, claimants, parties interested in the…
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Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery, brought in the Superior Court of Cook county, on March 19, 1879, by John Southgate Yea-ton, Alexina M. Yeaton, Buth Yeaton Stuart, William C. Yea-ton, Jr., and Mary F. Yeaton, against Dominic Breit, Bobert Murray, Frederick E. Bradley, William C. Yeaton, Sr., Lucia C. Yeaton, Charles E. Stuart, and many others, claimants, parties interested in the lands in controversy, praying that William C. Yeaton, and those claiming under him, may be ordered to convey to the heirs at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The question first in .order, upon this record, is, does the decree of the circuit court of Alexandria, Virginia, bind the defendants in error? The answer depends upon whether there was jurisdiction over the persons, for there is no controversy in regard to the jurisdiction of the court over the subject matter. None of the defendants in error were made parties to that proceeding, and none of them were born at the time the decree was rendered, except' J. Southgate.
Counsel for plaintiffs in error seem to concede that J. Southgate should have been made a party, but contend that it was competent…
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