Appeal of Hannah v. Meinshausen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. G. T. Barrett, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court dismissing an appeal of appellant from an order of the Probate Court of Cook county on the assumed lack of jurisdiction to entertain it.
The Probate Court order appealed from was entered in a proceeding to sell real estate to pay debts of the intestate, Otto C. Meinshausen, at a sale of which real estate under the decree of the Probate Court appellant was the highest bidder and therefore the purchaser. His bid was $10,000, upon which he paid on account $1,000. Appellant failing to pay the balance of his bid and take a deed for the real…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lynn v. LynnIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Akin v. AkinIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
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