Legal Opinion

Stopp v. Wilt

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 26, 1898PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Bill of Interpleader.—Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. Hearing and decree; appeal by the unsuccessful party.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sears

The questions presented are as to the propriety of the, decree, first, ■ in ordering the. amount awarded in the condemnation proceeding to be paid to appellee Wilt, Jr., and,secondly,. id. ordering that appellant, Stopp, release the mortgage upon the property taken in the condemnation suit by appellee, the Northwestern Elevated Bailroad Company.

The first question depends for answer upon the effect which is to be given to the contract entered into between appellant and appellee Wilt, Jr., after the execution and delivery of the deed conveying the premises in question and mortgage upon same to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Calumet River Railway Co. v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Nix v. ThackaberryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908

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