Williams v. Rhodes
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county. This was a bill in equity, by Adele Williams, against Daniel P. Rhodes, Thomas Dobbins, Richard Gregg, Robert Williams, Robert M. and Stephen A. Douglas, to set aside a sale of certain real estate made by Rhodes, as executor of the last will of the late Stephen A. Douglas. The cause was heard upon bill, answers of the several defendants, replication thereto and proofs.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county. This was a bill in equity, by Adele Williams, against Daniel P. Rhodes, Thomas Dobbins, Richard Gregg, Robert Williams, Robert M. and Stephen A. Douglas, to set aside a sale of certain real estate made by Rhodes, as executor of the last will of the late Stephen A. Douglas. The cause was heard upon bill, answers of the several defendants, replication thereto and proofs. The court below dismissed the bill, and the complainant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
On the 26th day of September, 186J, Rhodes, as executor of the last will and testament of Stephen A. Douglas, deceased, sold, at public auction, certain real estate to Dobbins. The sale was authorized by decree of the circuit court of Cook county, and no question arises as to the regularity, in form, of the sale. On the 6th day of January, 1865, the complainant, who was the widow of Douglas, and devisee under his will of one-half of his property, as well as guardian of his children, conveyed, by deed of quitclaim, to Dobbins, all her interest in the property purchased by him at the executor’s…
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