Legal Opinion

Wilcoxon v. Wilcoxon

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1902PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. James S. Baume, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

This is a writ of error sued out to bring into review the decree entered in the circuit court of Stephenson county dismissing a bill in chancery filed by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error, on the ground the plaintiff in error had neglected and omitted to assert the alleged right sought to be litigated by the bill for such a great length of time as that he should be deemed guilty of laches.

The bill was filed on the 29th day of January, 1900. The plaintiff in error and the defendants in error are the children of one Thompson Wilcoxon, deceased. In 1879 the said Thompson…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Board of Supervisors v. Winnebago Swamp Drainage Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1869
  2. Norman v. HudlestonIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Atkinson v. CashIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Baxter v. National Mortgage Loan Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Ross v. DanielNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Alywin v. MorleyMontana Supreme Court · 1910
  4. McManus v. SawyerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1915
  5. Wilcoxon v. WilcoxonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907

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