Legal Opinion

Roby v. Colehour

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1890PublishedCited by 47 opinions

Wbit of Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Muebay F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. On the 7th day of January, 1890, Edward Boby filed in the Circuit Court of Cook county three bills in chancery, one against Charles W. Colehour and James E. Clarke, one against Charles W. Colehour and Jared Myers Clarke, and one against Charles W. Colehour, to compel a conveyance to the complainant of certain portions of the south half and a part of the north-east quarter of…

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Wbit of Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Muebay F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. On the 7th day of January, 1890, Edward Boby filed in the Circuit Court of Cook county three bills in chancery, one against Charles W. Colehour and James E. Clarke, one against Charles W. Colehour and Jared Myers Clarke, and one against Charles W. Colehour, to compel a conveyance to the complainant of certain portions of the south half and a part of the north-east quarter of section 8, and the north three-quarters of the east fractional half of section 17, in township 37, of range 15, in the county…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

As we are disposed to concur, substantially, with the views expressed by the learned chancellor who heard this case in the court below, we shall content ourselves with considering briefly two or three propositions which are very earnestly pressed upon our attention by the counsel for the plaintiff in error in his argument here. The facts involved in the cáse are numerous and complicated, and the evidence is very voluminous and as to almost every material matter it is directly conflicting. We have given the record as thorough and exhaustive an examination as the time at our…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Davis v. HamlinIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Lamar's Ex'or v. HaleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1884
  3. Kinsman v. ParkhurstSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
  4. Jennings v. McConnelIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
  5. Gillett v. GaffneySupreme Court of Colorado · 1877

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Quinn v. PhippsSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
  2. Winger v. Chicago City Bank & Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Beach v. WiltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Seely v. RoweIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
  5. Williams v. BaileySupreme Court of Florida · 1915

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