Springer v. Darlington
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree of the superior court of Cook county, and the following statement of facts is taken, in part, from the recitals in the decree of that court, which recitals are accurate so far as we have adopted them: The appellee, complainant below, claims the title in fee simple to the property at 175 and 177 South Canal street, in the city of Chicago, which is known in…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree of the superior court of Cook county, and the following statement of facts is taken, in part, from the recitals in the decree of that court, which recitals are accurate so far as we have adopted them: The appellee, complainant below, claims the title in fee simple to the property at 175 and 177 South Canal street, in the city of Chicago, which is known in this litigation as “complainant’s lot.” Appellant owns the property immediately adjoining on the north, at 171 and 173…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Appellant denies that appellee is the owner of complainant’s lot, for the reason that in the decree of foreclosure, instead of directing the master in chancery to make sale, and, after the expiration of the period of redemption, a deed, in the event that the debt was not paid and no redemption had, the court appointed Walter Butler a special commissioner to perform these duties, and the sale was made and the deed executed by him as commissioner, and for the further reason that there is no evidence in this record that the sale in foreclosure was ever approved by the circuit court. If either of…
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