Legal Opinion

Swift v. Yanaway

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 30, 1894PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cumberland county; the Hon. William C. Jones, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shops

This was a bill in equity, in the circuit court of Cumberland county, brought by James Swift, Mary A. Broadstone, Susannah Morelock and Elizabeth Stangle, complainants, against Israel Yanaway, defendant, to remove as a cloud upon complainants’ title to certain lands certain deeds held by the defendant, upon the ground of fraud and irregularities in the proceedings upon which said” deeds are predicated, to require an accounting by the defendant for rents and profits, and for partition of the lands among the complainants, as heirs-at-law of James Swift, Sr., deceased. The cause was submitted…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Harris v. LesterIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  2. People v. SeelyeIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Osgood v. BlackmoreIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
  4. Smith v. BrittenhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Barnett v. WolfIllinois Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State Bank of Lake Zurich v. ThillIllinois Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Gorham v. Massillon Iron & Steel Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1918
  3. Mortimer v. McMullenIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Slattery v. StevensAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
  5. Powers v. PhillipsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911

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