Mulvey v. Gibbons
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. W. Farwell, Judge, presiding. The appellant, Amarilla B. Mulvey, on April 9, 1874, filed a petition under the Burnt Record act, Rev. Stat. 1874, p. 838, against the appellees, to establish title to the premises described in the petition, being part of the north half of the north half of the north-west quarter of the north-west quarter of section 15, town 38 north, range 14 east, in Cook county, in this State, situate…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. W. Farwell, Judge, presiding. The appellant, Amarilla B. Mulvey, on April 9, 1874, filed a petition under the Burnt Record act, Rev. Stat. 1874, p. 838, against the appellees, to establish title to the premises described in the petition, being part of the north half of the north half of the north-west quarter of the north-west quarter of section 15, town 38 north, range 14 east, in Cook county, in this State, situate about six miles south from the court house in the city of Chicago. The decree rendered by the court below, and now…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The records of Cook county having been destroyed by the great fire in Chicago in October, 1871, and the title papers, to a more or less extent, of the petitioner, she filed her petition in this case, under what is called the “Burnt Record” act, praying for a decree establishing and confirming the title she claimed to the land in question. The act provides that, in case of such destruction of records, any court in the county having chancery jurisdiction shall have power to inquire into the condition of any title to, or interest in, any land in the county, and to make all such orders, judgments…
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