Littler v. People ex rel. Hargadine
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan ■ county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for a peremptory mandamus, filed in the court below by the relator, William Hargadine, the appellee here, to compel the appellant, David T. Littler, one of the masters in chancery of said court, for Logan county, to execute and deliver to appellee, a deed for certain lands, upon a certificate of purchase for the same, which he, Hargadine, then held, and which he had…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan ■ county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for a peremptory mandamus, filed in the court below by the relator, William Hargadine, the appellee here, to compel the appellant, David T. Littler, one of the masters in chancery of said court, for Logan county, to execute and deliver to appellee, a deed for certain lands, upon a certificate of purchase for the same, which he, Hargadine, then held, and which he had received from one J. C. Webster, then á master in chancery of said court, and the predecessor of said Littler, at a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
The only question arising on this record is, as to the regularity and legality of the redemption of the land sold under the decree in chancery, by a master in chancery. The offer to redeem was by a judgment creditor, and made after the expiration of twelve months, and within fifteen months from the sale by the master.
This right of redemption is statutory, and must be exercised in pursuance of the statute, otherwise it will be ineffective. The statute declares, that after the expiration of twelve months, and at any time before the expiration of fifteen months, from the sale, any judgment…
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