Peck v. Dyer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will ■county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
On the 12th of January, 1886, appellants obtained judgments in the circuit court of Cook county against one Osmond Fox, and on the same day caused executions to issue thereon, directed to the sheriff of Will county. On the next day he levied them on the lands in controversy, and filed certificates of the levies at 12:40 o’clock P. M. of that date. Osmond Fox was at that time in possession of the premises, and held a contract of purchase for the same from William A. Strong and wife, dated January 24, 1878. His contract provided that he should be entitled to a deed upon the payment of $2400,…
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