Legal Opinion

Chandler v. Higgins

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 26, 1884PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

On looking into this record it is seen this bill was brought by the executors of Charles Chandler, deceased, against Van H. Higgins, a former, and the present, sheriff of Cook county, J. W. Hambleton, and other persons in some way interested in the subject matter of the litigation. The relief sought is, that a redemption from sheriff’s sales made by Higgins, as the assignee of a judgment creditor of Thomas S. Dobbins, of the premises in controversy be set aside, and that a sheriff’s deed to Joseph W. Hambleton for the same property be also set aside, as having been made without authority of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Conwell v. McCowanIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Montgomery v. WayneIllinois Supreme Court · 1853

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Sauder v. DittmarCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
  2. Dixon National Bank v. SpielmannAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
  3. Wiley v. TempleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
  4. Dixon National Bank v. SpielmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892

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