Spring v. Kane
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
delivered the- opinion of the Court:
The title to the property involved in this litigation was in Giles Spring, in his lifetime, and it. is proven plaintiff is his only surviving heir at law, and, unless the title that descended to him has been divested, by the sale made by his guardian under a decree of the circuit court made in 1853, plaintiff is entitled to recover.
A number of objections, all of them exceedingly technical, have been taken to the validity of the sale of the wards’ land by their guardian. None of them, however, affect the merits of the case. It is shown affirmatively the land…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Harris v. LesterIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Hagerty v. StalzenbackIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Mulford v. BeveridgeIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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