Legal Opinion

Trustees of Schools v. Wright

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1850PublishedCited by 6 opinions

This cause was heard and decided hy Catón, Judge, at the April term, 1847. The facts of the case will appear in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Treat, C. J.:

This was a bill in chancery, filed in October, 1845, by the trustees of schools in township thirty-three north, of range five east, in La Salle county, against John T. Temple, William Saltonstall, Royal Stewart, Grant Goodrich, John S. Wright, Amasa Wright, Hosea Webster and Frederick Dealing. The bill alleged, that on the first of May, 1835, the school commissioner of La Salle county, in pursuance of the petition of the inhabitants of the township, sold section sixteen at public auction, on a credit of one, two and three years; and that Temple became the purchaser of…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Chicago & Great Western Railroad Land Co. v. PeckIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Richards v. LeamimgIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
  3. Boynton v. ChamplinIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
  4. Stump v. Swanson Development Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2014
  5. Franklin v. Hillsdale Land & Cattle Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1897

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