Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Gilsdorff

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1874PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook countv; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This was a petition for a mechanics’ lien, filed against appellants, for labor and materials furnished in constructing certain dwellings on lot 4, block 16, in Bnshnell’s addition to Chicago.

The case was submitted to a jury in the court below, which found the amounts due the several petitioners. Their verdict on this point is not questioned. There was a decree granting the prayer of the petition, and ordering sale of the premises.

The premises were vested in a trustee, and it is urged as a ground for a reversal of the decree, that the whole estate in the premises could not be subjected to a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Armstrong v. BakewellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1866

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Springer v. KroeschellIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Field v. Consolidated Mineral Water Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1903
  3. Franklin Savings Bank v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1893
  4. Dunlop v. McAteeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  5. Franklin Savings Bank v. TaylorIllinois Supreme Court · 1890

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