Legal Opinion

Nevitt v. Woodburn

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 18, 1901PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal, from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. John C. Carver, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

We were asked to review the record in this case at a former term on the appeal of the same appellants, taken directly to this court from the final decree of the circuit court of Whiteside county. We dismissed that appeal for the reason that it should have been taken to the Appellate Court, no freehold being involved. (Nevitt v. Woodburn, 175 Ill. 376.) The record was then taken to the Appellate Court on a writ of error, and the decree of the circuit court was in part reversed and the cause was remanded, with directions to enter a modified decree in conformity with the views expressed in the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Baker v. Administrator of BackusIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
  2. Lawrence v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Nevitt v. WoodburnIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Woodburn v. WoodburnIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Nevitt v. WoodburnAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Trust Co. of Pittsburgh v. BradfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Wylie v. BushnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Johnson v. PrestonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Fox v. FoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Quinlan v. WickmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1908

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