Ackley v. Croucher
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. This is a writ of error to the circuit court of Cook county by plaintiff in error, seeking to reverse a decree wherein the defendant in error was held to be the owner in fee simple of certain real estate.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. This is a writ of error to the circuit court of Cook county by plaintiff in error, seeking to reverse a decree wherein the defendant in error was held to be the owner in fee simple of certain real estate. The plaintiff in error, Maggie Ackley, filed a bill on 'February 8, 1899, to which Ida Moore and William Moore were made parties defendant, praying to have a certain deed from her to them declared void as a cloud upon her title to certain lots in Cook county, and to enjoin them from encumbering the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
It is first contended that the court below erred in granting" leave to the defendant in error to be made a party defendant to the original bill of Mrs. Ackley, and also that the court committed error in permitting him to file his cross-bills, because they were not germane to the subject matter of the original bill.
The original bill was filed by Mrs. Ackley, claiming to be the owner in fee, to remove as a cloud upon her title a deed which she had executed to Ida Moore, conveying property in which Groucher himself claimed an interest. He was clearly interested in the outcome of that litigation,…
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