Legal Opinion

Heckmann v. Detlaff

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1918No. 11950PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph B. David, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Carter

This was an action of ejectment brought in the superior court of Cook county as to a house and lot in Blue Island, in said county. After a hearing the court instructed the jury to return a verdict for the defendants, and from the judgment entered on that verdict in the trial court the plaintiff has sued out this writ of error.

From the stipulation in the record the facts connected with this litigation are substantially as follows: John M. Heckmann, from some time before May, 1914, until his death, in June of that year, was the record owner of the premises in question and occupied them as a…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Grant v. BennettIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
  2. Kitterlin v. Milwaukee Mechanic's Mutual InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Noe v. MoutrayIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Sidwell v. SchumacherIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Hollenbeck v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1907

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Cities Service Oil Co. v. VieringIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  2. Jump v. Ensign-Bickford Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. KellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  4. People Ex Rel. Baker v. WilsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1963
  5. Gravelot v. SkenderIllinois Supreme Court · 1956

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