Brooke v. Glos
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Julian W. Mack, Judge, presiding. This was an application filed by Jennie L. Brooke under the act concerning land titles, in the circuit court of Cook county, to register title to the west half of lot 19, in block 3, in Johnson’s subdivision of the north-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section 19, township 39, north, range 14, east of the third principal meridian, Cook county, Illinois.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Julian W. Mack, Judge, presiding. This was an application filed by Jennie L. Brooke under the act concerning land titles, in the circuit court of Cook county, to register title to the west half of lot 19, in block 3, in Johnson’s subdivision of the north-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section 19, township 39, north, range 14, east of the third principal meridian, Cook county, Illinois. It was alleged in the application that Jennie L. Brooke was the owner of said premises in fee; that the land was vacant and unoccupied; that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The only proof offered by the applicant before the examiner was an abstract of title, consisting of three parts, showing title in the applicant by chain of title from the general government, with proof that the several parts of said abstract were “made in the ordinary course of business by makers of abstracts.”
Two grounds of reversal are urged in this court: First, that section 18 of “An act concerning land titles,” in so far as it permits title to be established by the applicant for registration by an abstract of title which has been made in the ordinary course of business by a regular…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Glos v. Kingman & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1903
3Cited by6 opinions
- Waugh v. GlosIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Culver v. WatersIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Jackson v. GlosIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
- Bjork v. GlosIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- Cohn v. LitwinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941
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