Legal Opinion

Cummings v. Burleson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1875PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Carroll county; the Hon. W. W. Heaton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was a bill in equity, brought to enjoin the sale of certain premises under a decree, on the ground that the land decreed to be sold was the homestead of the complainant, and that the homestead had not been set off in the mode required by law.

To the bill a demurrer was filed, which the court sustained, dissolved the injunction, dismissed the bill, and assessed damages, in the sum of §34.60, against the complainant, for a wrongful suing out of the injunction.

It appears, from the allegations of the bill, that, at the April term, 1874, of the circuit court of Carroll county, Allen B.…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Whitehead v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Quinn v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Dillman v. Will County National BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
  4. Dillman v. Will County National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Hayes v. Chicago & N. W. Sand & Gravel Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1890

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