Hume v. Gossett
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. O. L. Davis, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery, filed by George B. Gossett, in the Circuit Court of Edgar county, against Joseph L. Hume and William Boss, impleaded with the trustees of schools of township sixteen, ranges thirteen and fourteen, in Edgar county, to set aside the sale of certain lands owned by the complainant, made upon two judgments obtained in said Circuit Court, against one James C.…
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Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. O. L. Davis, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery, filed by George B. Gossett, in the Circuit Court of Edgar county, against Joseph L. Hume and William Boss, impleaded with the trustees of schools of township sixteen, ranges thirteen and fourteen, in Edgar county, to set aside the sale of certain lands owned by the complainant, made upon two judgments obtained in said Circuit Court, against one James C. Burson, complainant’s grantor. The defendants demurred to the bill, alleging a want of equity, which demurrer the court…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
The plaintiff in error makes this single question upon this record: “ Is a judgment against a town collector, on his official bond, a lien upon his homestead 1 ”
To determine this question, we have only to look to the statute, and to the decisions of this court thereon. The plaintiff in error contends, inasmuch as the township organization act was passed subsequent to the homestead act, and as it contains a provision inconsistent with that act, it necessarily repeals it.
What is that provision ? It is this: after providing, that the collector shall execute a bond to the supervisor, section…
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