Legal Opinion

Correll v. Greider

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 29, 1910PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vickers

This is a writ of error sued out by Hugh M. Greider to obtain a review of a decree of the Sangamon county circuit court reforming a deed executed by Sam D. Scholes to Annie E. Correll. The deed conveyed the premises to Annie E. Correll in fee simple. After her death Levi S. Correll filed a bill to correct said deed, alleging that the scrivener had made a mistake in writing the deed; that it was the intention of all the parties concerned that the deed should convey to Annie E. Correll a conditional fee, with a right of remainder in fee to Levi S. Correll in case he survived his wife. Annie E.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gardner v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
  2. Boyland v. BoylandIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
  3. Anderson v. AndersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Hauver v. DorseyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
  2. Bell Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. HortonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
  3. Mercantile All-In-One Loans, Inc. v. MennaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
  4. Robbins v. SlavinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1937
  5. Anderson v. AndersonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1937

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