Krug v. MacHen

This action for declaratory judgment was brought by a judgment creditor, Alvin W. Krug, as plaintiff, in the circuit court of Lee County under the provisions of section 57.1 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 110, par. 57.1). Krug sought to determine the rights and interests of the parties in a parcel of land which had been conveyed by the judgment debtor, Robert D. Clayton, to the third-party defendants, William and Irene Dieter, and subsequently conveyed to defendant William and Mary Machen. Prior to trial the Machens filed a third-party complaint against the Dieters, and the…