Nelson v. Nelson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill in equity to set aside decree of adoption. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County: the Hon. John L. Healy, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1905.
1Opinion of the Court
11b. Justice Baker
delivered the opinion of the court.
If for the purposes of this case we assume that the order of adoption made by the County Court is to be regarded as a consent v order, made upon the consent of appellants and appellee, and that it may be set aside by a court of equity upon any ground which would invalidate an agreement between appellants and appellee, we should still be compelled to hold that the Circuit Court was not authorized in this case to set aside the order of adoption made by the County Court.
To authorize a court of equity to grant relief upon the ground of mistake…
2Cited by4 opinions
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