Board of Supervisors v. Herrington
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge presiding. This was a bill in chancery, exhibited in the Kane County Circuit Court. The cause was removed by a change of venue to the Superior Court of Chicago. The bill was filed February 5,186í, and upon the hearing a decree for the complainants was entered. The defendants below bring the cause to this court. The further facts in this case are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The widow and heirs of James Herrington, deceased, filed their bill in the Kane Circuit Court, against the board of supervisors and others, as officers and agents of the county, to enjoin a sale and compel a conveyance of lots 9 and 10, in block 52, in the town of Geneva. It appears that the lots had been for many years used for county purposes, and on which a court house, jail and recorder’s office had been erected. The bill alleges that the county holds the property in trust for complainants, and seeks to have the trust executed by a conveyance.
The bill alleges that one Haight, in the year…
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