Legal Opinion
Shaw v. Allen
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1900PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. W. H. Gest, Judge, presiding.
1Per curiam
In deciding this case the Appellate Court delivered the following opinion:
“This was a bill in chancery filed on September 21, 1898, in the circuit court of Henry county, by appellee, against appellant, for the purpose of moving a cloud from his title to certain lands in that county.
“The bill, as amended, charges that appellee acquired a fee simple title to the premises of one Riley J. Brown on the 20th day of March, 1895, and that he has ever since been in the open and exclusive possession thereof; that said Riley J. Brown had been the absolute owner and possessor thereof from 1875 until she…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Reed v. TylerIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Hodgen v. GutteryIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Boyd v. BoydIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- VanDorn v. LeeperIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
3Cited by6 opinions
- Blakemore v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Smith v. OwensWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
- Allen v. South Penn Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Pioneer Mining Co. v. Pacific Coal Co.District Court, D. Alaska · 1912
- Hutson v. HudelsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
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