Legal Opinion

Stevens v. Plummer

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 1, 1915No. Gen. No. 20,910Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

The evidence taken before the master sustains the findings of the court, and the question presented is as to the jurisdiction and authority of the court to vacate the first order of distribution and enter the order from which this appeal is prosecuted, and the propriety of the order.

The presumption of law is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the Neise trust deed executed by Martha E. Trundle, and the Barnard judgment against William T. J. Plummer, were subsisting and valid liens—the trust deed on the whole, and the judgment on the undivided one-half, of the real estate. Graham v.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Graham v. AndersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Kilgour v. CrawfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  3. Ellis v. DumondIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Sullivan v. SullivanIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
  5. Spencer v. WileyIllinois Supreme Court · 1893

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