Nicoll v. Miller
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This suit is founded upon the same transactions and written instruments as that of Nicoll v. Ogden et al., 29 Ill., 323, and was brought by the appellant to recover dower in a lot which is a part of the property called in the former suit, “ the trust half of the Hunter property,” in which the appellant claims her husband, Edward A. Eicoll, had an equitable estate of inheritance.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This suit is founded upon the same transactions and written instruments as that of Nicoll v. Ogden et al., 29 Ill., 323, and was brought by the appellant to recover dower in a lot which is a part of the property called in the former suit, “ the trust half of the Hunter property,” in which the appellant claims her husband, Edward A. Eicoll, had an equitable estate of inheritance. That estate in her husband is claimed to have been created by the conveyance of the 1st of April, 1842, from Butler to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It is agreed that the facts in this case are the same as those appearing in the case Nicoll v. Ogden, 29 Ill., 323, except so far as they may be rendered different by the deposition of Btishnell, which has been taken since that case was decided. After carefully reviewing the grounds of that , decision, we see no reason to change the views there expressed. We will now proceed to an examination of Bushnell’s evidence for the purpose of ascertaining whether it should lead us to a different result in this case. In that case we held that by the deed of April 1st, 1842, from Butler to Mcoll and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nicoll v. OgdenIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
3Cited by2 opinions
- Dicus v. SchererIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
- Nicoll v. MasonIllinois Supreme Court · 1868