Legal Opinion

Gaither v. Wilson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 18, 1897PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from. the Circuit Court of Wayne county; the Hon. Carroll C. Boggs, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

Leonidas Gaither was the owner of forty acres of land in Wayne county and the south "half of two lots in Fair-field, in that county. He, together with his wife, Lola B. Gaither, had given three mortgages to the other parties to'this litigation. The first was given to John Wilson to secure the payment of §750,—the entire purchase price of the fractional lots,—and covered all the property. The second was given to Fogle Bros, for §850 on the purchase of a restaurant from them, and was on the forty-acre tract alone. This mortgage had been assigned to Jack T. Fogle. The third was made to the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. United States v. DicksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1841

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Akin v. Board of Supervisors of Adams CountyIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Hackett v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
  3. State Bank of Wheatland v. Bagley Bros.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1932
  4. Booker v. BookerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  5. Blake v. De Jonghe Hotel & Restaurant Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1912

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