Legal Opinion

Ross v. Payson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 20, 1896PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. Ferdinand Bookwalter, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin

Plaintiffs in error seek the reversal of a decree of the circuit court of Livingston county dismissing their bill in equity, as the heirs-at-law of Franklin Oliver, deceased, against Lewis E. Payson and certain parties claiming under him, to set aside conveyances of real estate formerly belonging to said Oliver, alleged to have been fraudulently obtained by the defendant Payson.

Franklin Oliver died intestate October 19, 1881, leaving surviving him two daughters (Florence Ross and Caroline Hunnicut Dorr) and five sons (Edward R., Franklin C., Elias B., Revilo and John,) and also three…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bates v. GillettIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Stiger v. BentIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Jennings v. McConnelIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
  4. Alwood v. MansfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1871

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Shirk v. NeibleIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Warner v. FlackIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Gaffney v. HarmonIllinois Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Thweatt v. FreemanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  5. Klein v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1938

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