Case Name: Charles E. Loy, Appellee, vs. Otto H. Knaak, Appellant
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1940-04-17
Citations: 373 Ill. 481
Docket Number: No. 25556
Parties: Charles E. Loy, Appellee, vs. Otto H. Knaak, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Reports
Volume: 373
Pages: 481–481

Head Matter:
(No. 25556.
Charles E. Loy, Appellee, vs. Otto H. Knaak, Appellant.
Opinion filed April 17, 1940.
Christopher E. Jones, for appellant.
Markman, Donovan & Sullivan, (John P. Sullivan, of counsel,) for appellee.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Shaw
delivered the opinion of the court:
On January 2, 1940, the appellee, Charles E. Loy, purchased the premises of the appellant at a sheriff's sale to satisfy an execution issued out of the circuit court of Cook county. The appellant filed a petition to have the sale vacated on the ground that the newspaper in which the notice of sale was published was not a secular newspaper of general circulation, as required by the statute. The circuit court entered an order denying the motion of the appellant and this appeal followed.
We have no jurisdiction to decide this appeal because a freehold is not involved in a proceeding wherein a judgment debtor in an execution sale, seeks to have the sale set aside and the certificate of purchase issued by the master or the sheriff, declared void, because the certificate does not convey title. Charleston State Bank v. Brooks, 197 Ill. 388.
The cause is transferred to the Appellate Court for the First District.
. Cause transferred.