Legal Opinion
Schwing v. Miles
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1937No. 24106. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
F. Lynden Smith, Director of the Department of Public Works and Buildings, and Clarence Wilson, prosecute this appeal from a decree of foreclosure and sale entered by the circuit court of Jersey county. They make the contention, among others, that the suit was, in effect, against the State of Illinois. To determine this issue a review of the pertinent facts and pleadings becomes necessary.
In 1924, Alfred W. Schwing, one of appellees, sold 120 acres of land in Jersey county to Anna Miles and Charles Miles, her husband. On February 28, 1924, the purchasers, in part payment, executed…
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