Gengler v. Hooper

Appellees filed their bill of complaint in chancery in the circuit court of Cook county alleging that they were the owners of certain real estate in that county, praying that a bailiff’s deed issued to Bertha F. Hooper, and a quit-claim deed from her to James H. Hooper, be set aside and canceled. Answers were filed thereto, and upon a hearing a decree was entered setting aside the deeds in accordance with the prayer of the bill. The record is now before this court upon appeal.

No findings of fact were made by the court in the decree, and the transcript of the record of the circuit court does…