Legal Opinion

Hamilton v. Hamilton

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1907PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. Edgar Eldredge, Judge, presiding. On March 22, 1907, James Hamilton filed his bill in the circuit court of Bureau county against Adaline Hamilton, Hugh Franklin Hamilton and George Washington Hamilton, in which he alleged that he was the husband of Adaline Hamilton and the father of Hugh Franklin Hamilton and George Washington Hamilton; that he married Adaline in 1864, and at that time she had no property and he…

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Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. Edgar Eldredge, Judge, presiding. On March 22, 1907, James Hamilton filed his bill in the circuit court of Bureau county against Adaline Hamilton, Hugh Franklin Hamilton and George Washington Hamilton, in which he alleged that he was the husband of Adaline Hamilton and the father of Hugh Franklin Hamilton and George Washington Hamilton; that he married Adaline in 1864, and at that time she had no property and he was the owner of property in Princeton, Illinois, of the value of $1200, which he had acquired by his own efforts, and…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

So far as the bill charges fraud and conspiracy the allegations are too vague and indefinite to furnish grounds for any relief, and the bill does not proceed on that theory. Plaintiff in error bases his claim for relief on the proposition that he furnished, in the original transaction, money which was used in part payment for the real estate conveyed to his wife; that such conveyance was not made to her with the intention on his part of making an advancement, and that a trust resulted in his favor of a proportionate interest in the land. Waiving any question that may arise as to the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lequatte v. DruryIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  2. McDonald v. StowIllinois Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Stoner v. StonerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1953
  2. Mock v. HigginsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1954
  3. CUNEO PRESS, INC., THE v. Warshawsky & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1960
  4. Gray v. HayhurstAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910
  5. Clary v. SchaackIllinois Supreme Court · 1912

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