Legal Opinion
Hocking v. Hocking
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 19, 1985No. 5-84-0555PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES
delivered the opinion of the court:
The instant action was brought to partition real estate that had been found in a previous action, Hocking v. Hocking (1979), 76 Ill. App. 3d 29, 394 N.E.2d 653, to be held by Ashlie Hocking as trustee in resulting trust for his three brothers, his sister and himself. Burton Hocking, not a sibling to the aforementioned Hockings, was joined as a party defendant because he held a contract for deed on the property involved. Burton Hocking subsequently filed a counterclaim for specific performance of his contract for deed, and the trial…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Brumley v. Touche Ross & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1984
- Baldwin v. SagerIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Shelton v. HarrisonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Filrep S. A. v. BarryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Hocking v. HockingAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
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3Cited by2 opinions
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