Karsten v. Winkelman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill of review. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1905. Statement hy the Court.
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Bill of review. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1905. Statement hy the Court. March 15, 1890, August Hacker conveyed the north eighteen acres of a forty-acre tract, which was his homestead, to his wife, Johanna Maria Hacker, and the remaining twenty-two acres thereof to Wilhelmina Sauer, who had lived in his family for many years, and was reputed to be his daughter by a former wife. August Hacker died February 23,1898. In August, 1899, his widow conveyed said north eighteen acres to Carl…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Jitstice Ball
delivered the opinion of the court.
Defendants in error filed a motion to dismiss this writ of error for want of jurisdiction in this court, for the reason that a freehold is involved in the final order. It is true that the original suit involved a freehold, and that if plaintiff in error is allowed to file and prosecute his bill of review that a freehold will be again in question, but this appeal is from the order entered by the Circuit Court overruling the motion of plaintiff in error for leave to file such bill of review. If the plaintiff in error is granted all that he…
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- Malaer v. HudgensIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Meter v. ThomasIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Adamski v. WieczorekAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
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