Hagerty v. Stalzenback
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding This was a proceeding in chancery, by original bill, filed by the heirs of Edward A. Mulford, by their next friend, against the defendants in error, and others, to set aside conveyances of real estate, founded upon certain proceedings of the Cook county Circuit Court, on an application of Catharine Mulford, guardian of the plaintiff's in error, for a decree authorizing her to…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding This was a proceeding in chancery, by original bill, filed by the heirs of Edward A. Mulford, by their next friend, against the defendants in error, and others, to set aside conveyances of real estate, founded upon certain proceedings of the Cook county Circuit Court, on an application of Catharine Mulford, guardian of the plaintiff's in error, for a decree authorizing her to sell lands of her wards, under the statute. On the hearing of the cause, on the 4th of December, 1864, the comt rendered a…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
This was a bill in chancery, in the Cook Circuit Court, by James J. Mulford and the other heirs-at-law of Edward A. Mulford, deceased, to set .aside certain' deeds made by the guardian on a sale of the lands belonging to the complainants when they were minors, under an order of court, on the allegation that the decree was procured by fraud, and that it was not necessary to sell the lands, and that the Circuit Court making the order of sale, had no jurisdiction.
On final hearing, the bill was dismissed. On appeal here, this dismissal of the bill is assigned as error.
The plaintiffs in error make…
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