Slack v. Cooper
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. O. Brown, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. O. Brown, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a decretal order of the circuit court of Cook county entered in said cause on the 13th day of April, 1904, setting aside a sale of the premises involved in this cause to the German Old-People’s Home, one of the appellees, and refusing to confirm an alleged sale thereof to the appellant, and the order of a re-sale of said premises. The facts of the case…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
As will be seen from the above statement of facts, the sole question presented in this case was the right of the chancellor to set aside the sale made by the master and order another sale, or whether or not the appellant was entitled to the property under his bid. In our opinion the chancellor had the right to order the re-sale of the premises, or even to have accepted the sale as made by the master and reported to the court for the $7000. The chancellor, in such proceedings, is charged with responsibility for the decrees and orders to be made in the case, and it is his duty to make…
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