Fields v. Coker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton county; the Hon. E. D. Youngblood, Judge, presiding. This was a bill brought by Susan E. Coker and others, children and heirs-at-law of Joshua Biggerstaff, deceased, against Elizabeth A. Mitchell, (whom Biggerstaff left as his widow,) and her husband, Jesse Mitchell, and Martin L. Fields, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Biggerstaff, for partition of the west half of the north-east quarter of section 22, township 5, south,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton county; the Hon. E. D. Youngblood, Judge, presiding. This was a bill brought by Susan E. Coker and others, children and heirs-at-law of Joshua Biggerstaff, deceased, against Elizabeth A. Mitchell, (whom Biggerstaff left as his widow,) and her husband, Jesse Mitchell, and Martin L. Fields, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Biggerstaff, for partition of the west half of the north-east quarter of section 22, township 5, south, range 7, east, and 5.58 acres in the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of the north-west quarter of section…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
It will be observed that the complainants in the original bill have not appealed nor have they assigned cross-errors. So far as their rights are involved they are content with the decree of the circuit court. Martin L. Fields, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Joshua Biggerstaff, is the only person who has appealed, and he alone seeks to reverse the decree denying his application for leave to sell real estate to pay debts. The first question to be determined is whether he has the right to appeal to this court, or is the case one where the Appellate Court only has jurisdiction.
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