Cheney v. Teese
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Christian county; the Hon. Jesse J. Phillips, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery brought by Prentiss D. Cheney to obtain a construction of a will. The appeal from the original decree will be found reported in 108 Ill. 473.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The ease of Cheney v. Teese, out of which this litigation grew, was before us at the January term, 1884, when the decree of the circuit court was reversed and the cause remanded. (See Cheney v. Teese, 108 Ill. 473.) The record, as then presented, involved a freehold. After the remanding order was filed in the circuit court, and on the 18th day of April, 1884, a final decree upon the merits of the cause was rendered, in conformity to the decision which we had ren-' dered at our January term. This decree settled thé rights of the parties as to the title to the lands involved in the litigation,…
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- Cheney v. TeeseIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
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