Sayles v. Christie
Illinois Supreme Court
.Appeal from the Circuit Court of DuPage county; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. The bill in this case, as originally framed, was filed on January 3, 1899, and, as amended, on November 13, 1899, by the appellant, Bessie Sanders Sayles, against the appellant, Robert Allen Gates, and the appellees, Minnie Christie, James Boyd Christie, Mary Rebecca Christie and Mildred Jennie Christie, the last three being infants, and also against Fred Genthe and Stephen…
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.Appeal from the Circuit Court of DuPage county; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. The bill in this case, as originally framed, was filed on January 3, 1899, and, as amended, on November 13, 1899, by the appellant, Bessie Sanders Sayles, against the appellant, Robert Allen Gates, and the appellees, Minnie Christie, James Boyd Christie, Mary Rebecca Christie and Mildred Jennie Christie, the last three being infants, and also against Fred Genthe and Stephen Whit-comb, the latter being tenants under Minnie Christie in possession of portions of the property involved. The object of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—The decree of the circuit court found that, by the act of March 9, 1867, the appellee, Minnie Christie, was duly and legally adopted as the daughter and heir-at-law of Frederick H. Mather, and his wife, Rhoda E. Mather. The appellee, Minnie Christie, assigns cross-error upon this finding of the decree, and contends that the act in question is unconstitutional and void. The first question, therefore, which is presented for our consideration, is whether the act of adoption, passed by the legislature on March 9, 1867, is valid, or not.
When the act of 1867 was passed, the constitution of…
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