Legal Opinion

Carpenter v. Plagge

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 24, 1901PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding.

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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. The original bill in this cause was filed on May 5, 1897, by the appellants, Henry Carpenter and Daniel B. Carpenter, to redeem forty acres of land described as the north-east quarter of the south-east quarter of section 36, town 34, north, range 12, east of the third principal meridian, Will county, Illinois, from a certain master’s deed thereto, held by appellee, Charles Plagge, upon the theory that said deed was held by…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

First—The amount, paid by appellee in order to purchase the master’s certificate of sale under the written agreement of October 8, 1878, was $550.00. Appellants contend, that they are entitled to redeem the premises in question upon the payment to appellee of said sum of $550.00, less the sum of $427.61 paid thereon on September 1, 1882, together with interest. The contention of the appellants is, that appellee held the master’s certificate and the master’s deed subsequently obtained thereon, as security for the payment of the amount advanced to purchase the certificate, and that the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Burgett v. OsborneIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Galbraith v. TracyIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Upton v. National Bank of South ReadingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  4. Decker v. PattonIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Brown v. GaffneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1862

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  2. Bennett v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
  3. Heaton v. GainesIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Merchants State Bank v. TuftsNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1905
  5. McWhorter v. TysonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919

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