Legal Opinion

Richardson v. Hockenhull

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1877PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

On the 16t.h day of July, 1873, Benjamin F. Bergen, being seized of two certain lots in Jacksonville, gave a mortgage on the property to William Richardson, to secure a note of $1000 and interest, due'June 16, 1874. Subsequently Bergen sold the lots to Thomas O’Brien, subject to the mortgage, which O’Brien assumed and agreed to pay. On the 16th day of June, 1874, the defendants, Hichols & Brennan, recovered a judgment against O’Brien for $284.60, and on the 21st day of September, 1874, the defendants, Hockenhull, King & Elliott, recovered a judgment against O’Brien for the sum of $500. The…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Campbell v. CarterIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
  2. Edgerton v. YoungIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  3. Fitts v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1866

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Collins v. Davis.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  2. Tolman v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Campbell v. Eli Lilly & Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Durham v. CraigIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Hooper v. GoldsteinIllinois Supreme Court · 1929

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