Kingsbury v. Buckner
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE. UNITED STATES FOE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT Of' ILLINOIS. MR. Justice HarlaN, on behalf of the court, stated the case as follows: This suit involves the titlé to realVestate of considerable value in the city of Chicago, of th© -ossession of- which the ■ appellant, who was the plaintiff below, claims to have been deprived by certain proceedings in the courts of Illinois, to which Simon B. Buckner, his wife and others were parties.' The relief…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE. UNITED STATES FOE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT Of' ILLINOIS. MR. Justice HarlaN, on behalf of the court, stated the case as follows: This suit involves the titlé to realVestate of considerable value in the city of Chicago, of th© -ossession of- which the ■ appellant, who was the plaintiff below, claims to have been deprived by certain proceedings in the courts of Illinois, to which Simon B. Buckner, his wife and others were parties.' The relief sought is. a decree declaring those proceedings to have been, erroneous-, fraudulent, and void as,to the plaintiff, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice Haelaé,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The first proposition advanced by appellant is, that a decree against a minor is subject to attack, by an original bill, upon the ground of error apparent upon the record, want of jurisdiction or fraud. Such is the rule in Illinois, in one of whose courts this suit originated, and by one of whose courts the decree sought to be set aside was rendered. Lloyd v. Malone, 23 Illinois, 43; Kuchenbeiser v. Beckert, 41 Illinois, 172, 177; Hess v. Voss, 52 Illinois, 472, 478; Kingsbury v. Buckner, 70 Illinois, 514, 516;…
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