, 1876-07-02
LEGAL NEWS.
Supreme Court Opinions Filed at
Ottawa.
Decisions Recently Delivered in In
portant Chicago Land Gases.
Suit Brought Against the Stockholders
Of the Commercial Loan
Company.

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Company.
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DEClolONo.
BOWEN BROTHERS vs. BOND.
! snYne tfn,a in 1S62 or ,e6o thr Rou7en Rrothcr
-e1,assa s.,a,,. o. ...as ~ 1o<,5 +, u,,5o D.,
Pule"noeu aoo4t o' aet 70 VI !A4u 80 ~ g..
lying midway between South Chlcago anu tn
| Hyde Park Hotel, for about So, 900. As tn
| vnue of the land increased 1t excited the desir
I - <a.- ....,.-, - ..aa,.o- - ,,,a 80 +ho +;t1
MINI ~, WHY'S -'' ~ .'-~ 49,,
was transmitted through an aonhlstrator'
| sale, 1t appeared that Mrs. Laura Bond woul'
/ be tie owner il that sale had conveyed II,
t,t1c. She t,,onpht that the nrocee7
/ :.,.s ,,ns.u ,rS;-, .na ro,,rt 10;
| '"ss unoef WHICH, tne Couft n,e
ordered that sale were informal and technlcail.
wrong. Therefore she brought a suit M IN the su
| pcrior Court to recover the land. The Cour1
sustained her view OF the case and gave ]udfss
| Inent in her favor. From this Judgment tht
Bowens Appealed to Tue supreme Court, anc
| fled reversing the decision Of the superior
! Court and dismissing Mrs. Bonds suit, thus
establishing the TACT that the Bowcns nave
perfect title to this land, which is said, even IN
thy present IT. hard times, to be worth nearly OF
THE N'NAB LAND SUIT.
McNah vs.. Young ct al, another land case
which has embarrassed large number Of land
owners in the southern suburbs, is decided in
favor OF the defendants. The judgment of the
Supreme Court is against Alr. McNab's claim,
and he is turned out Of court. Mr.. Justice
Craig writes the opinion.
DEARBORN STREET.
In the Dearborn street assessment case the
Supreme Court ovcrrulcs all the objections but
one, viz: that the assessment is not Oh con
tig1ous property, and says the city officers ad-
nlitted away their case. Wherefore the city is
beaten. .--.-..
THE LAST DosTW1cK CASE.
Dec. q, 1872, tue heirs Of John Bostwick filed
bill in Chancery in the Superior Court, pray
ing the right to redeem 1G0 acres from mort
gage given by their father to Mark Skinner in
May, 1856, to secure the payment OF $4,000.
Bostwick died in September, 1875, and in 1857
Skinner filed a bill to foreclose this mortgage,
and obtained q decree ordering the sale Of the
land, From the evidence it appears that the
land was not in fact sold, but was SO manipulated
that Skinner had to file a bill in Chancery
to get himself restored to bis title as mortgagee.
This was finally accomplished in 1865. Two
married women, daughters of Bostwick, we're
not parties to the bill for foreclosure Mean
while, though Bostwick's domicilc was in Madi-
sou County, the administrator was appointed
forshim in Cook County, and the land was sold
by order of Cook County Court for the payn1eut
OF debts proved up, amounting to SlS3. 1t the
sale the land brought $50, and deed was made
to the purchaser. The administration was OBJ
tanned br creditor, and the widow and heirs,
Ijrin nj Alton. testified that they knew nnthfntr
Of any administration wlatcyer.
After Skinner cleared his mortgage title in
1866, be ouit-c]aimed to tic folders Of !
|he ADMINISTRATORS title WIN ronveved
to subsequent purchasers for the value
~ Aha lond ~ +bo tirne IT tha;r ,,,,r,,neas
ria Sonth Par.~ cnmm,es;onara barrht tha
lne owuen ~ latA eSn lssaonci5 nnn @ eou?nt rhe
next - m ~ arae ho1onse " Ind Tndrpp Port WI
:on tn Nv ThGtnas F;nse,1a and sonun1
Roxe. @ "a and those to whom % thew had adj soid % Ints'
q ~ xsD nn3 "ae IL baa snid or4;on - W
Ho1 y iHr o e,I otars po1 ''o''' ~
~ ti,o fino1 on;n;on ~ tha sunre,a f,o,,r+
lad cstar1av fha In51e writes ohnut 3brao
o1mnne # tH}s nancr r exam;n;n" % tha 1osr,i
.I sae ceDEevd Su ine taa
- ~ fin ha;rs 1ohr Pet,rc1r ane t..ss
hat thov bare m r;rb+ ~ rodae,n frn,r, a1o 4bo
~ hacsnee +hc;r +itIo ;s %ona Tt'n rrt
ntin!atss that # there had tcsI nnvthi N ths
yc,s Gonic Of s;'cccss;on 9G" as n 's Msd;son
,nnntv 4ha dac;sion IN th;s c"ea -1;-h+ ~ i,ora
.ounty, .he .h 4sG.slo1 n In IL ts Gase m1gh1 nave
natter nf inv That tl. racor ~ tfa Sdn,4 as
rdering sale and the presumptiens M i1esasnt 5s % 10
yidenee ~ outside Of the record itsen. - '
sSpts@5fs ISL sad il Ma
dops DC and ht
nee been m held Under Amusement. II The s conn, 1as
u for me of tho flcfcnf1ants ..laimcd tha 1an1
} be worth 81. .500. COO. q laree sum to be sared
y a 3SO sale. ''~"~
supRENE coUrrcESrRA1 DIVISION.
Special Dspctch to he 71ioune
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, July 1.-A1nong the list of !! ,
uprc1ne Court opinions filed to-day in the office
le mandamus case against the State Auditor,
,,'a 1na1 =. eI =. tne 1acs
~ - urit ~ conne1 tha stota - rnn;etnr oaato;,
funding bonds which were issucd bv The an an
lorities of Macoupin County in place Of the
d Courthouse bonds, the issue being at ] {
le rate OF Is cents On the dollar Of the
.iucipal of the old bonds, and II was
.nri{ad hu tE-a,-.,7,nnron,iea +hn+ ~ / Z