Dills v. Jasper
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. On the 16th day of January, 1862, Thomas Jasper exhibited his bill in chancery in the court below to foreclose a mortgage alleged to have been executed by “ the president and trustees of the .Quincy English and German Seminary,” to James F. Jaquess, on the 11th of July, 1861, upon a parcel of land in the city of Quincy, Illinois, being a portion of a block, bounded as follows: Beginning…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. On the 16th day of January, 1862, Thomas Jasper exhibited his bill in chancery in the court below to foreclose a mortgage alleged to have been executed by “ the president and trustees of the .Quincy English and German Seminary,” to James F. Jaquess, on the 11th of July, 1861, upon a parcel of land in the city of Quincy, Illinois, being a portion of a block, bounded as follows: Beginning at the corner of Spring and Fourth streets on the north side of Spring street and west side of Fourth street, thence…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beckwith
A master in chancery exposing property for sale, should receive bids for it, and report the largest one to the court for its approval. While such is the correct practice, we do not intend to say that if it is not followed we should hold the sale void. If the order upon which he acts contains especial directions in regard to requiring a deposit, they should be followed; but in case no such directions are given, the master may, in his discretion, require a part or the whole of a bid to be deposited with him; or he may entirely dispense with such deposit. A bidder is not allowed to retract his…
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