Legal Opinion

Chapman v. American Surety Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1914PublishedCited by 36 opinions

Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. W. B. ScholeiEED, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

This was a bill filed in the circuit court of Vermilion county seeking to enjoin the parties to a judgment compelling a guardian to make an accounting under the statute, entered in that court in pursuance of a mandate of the Appellate Court. The trial court granted the injunction, and an appeal was taken to the Appellate Court for the Third District, which reversed the decision and remanded the cause, with directions to dismiss the bill for want of equity. The case has been brought to this court on a petition for certiorari.

Eli ip. Sperry was the guardian, by appointment of the county court…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Hale v. HaleIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. The Erie Railway Company v. . RamseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  3. Hayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Farwell v. Great Western Telegraph Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Bond v. LockwoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1864

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Nonnast v. Northern Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1940
  2. In Re Estate of SwiecickiIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Coppedge v. ClintonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
  4. London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America v. TindallIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Austin v. City BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1936

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