Legal Opinion

Gage v. Ewing

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1885PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon.'. Thomas A. Moean, Judge, .presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield

This was a bill in equity, by appellee, against appellant, to remove two tax deeds as clouds upon his title, upon grounds sufficiently set forth in the bill. Appellant filed two pleas, the first setting up that the land mentioned in the bill was unimproved and unoccupied at the time of filing the bill, and that, because thereof, appellee had a complete remedy at law in an action of ejectment; and the second setting up, that the complainant purchased the property in question during the pendency of a bill in equity filed by his grantor, against the appellant, for the same purpose as the present…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gage v. AbbottIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Gage v. EwingIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Emory v. KeighanIllinois Supreme Court · 1878

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Godschalck v. WeberIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
  2. La Salle National Bank, Not Personally but as Trustee, Under Trust No. 17365 and Aaron B. Weiner v. 222 East Chestnut Street CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959
  3. Kenealy v. GlosIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Lyons v. LyonsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1924
  5. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. ProvolAppellate Court of Illinois · 1935

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