Case: BRADLEY v. LIGHTCAP
Abbreviation: Bradley v. Lightcap
Decision Date: 1904-05-31
Docket Number: No. 2; No. 306
Citation: 195 U.S. 24
Volume: 195
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: BRADLEY v. LIGHTCAP.
Judges: 
Pages: 24–25

Head Matter:
BRADLEY v. LIGHTCAP.
No. 2.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE . STATE OF ILLINOIS.,
No. 306.
Argued April 21, 1904.
Decided May 31, 1904.
This case having been decided by the state court on the ¡authority of its own decision in a case between the same parties which has. been reversed by1 this court, this judgment is also reversed on the authority of Bradley v. Lightcap, ante, p. 1.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Mr. John S. Miller, with whom, Mr. Merritt Starr and Mr. W. W. Hammond were on the brief, for plaintiff -in error.
Mr. George W. Wall and Mr. E. A. Wallace, with whom Mr. Hyman Lacey, Jr., was on the brief, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller
delivered the opinion of the court.
After the decision reported 186 Illinois, 510, Mrs. Bradley filed her bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Fulton County, Illinois, to quiet her title to the land in controversy in the action in ejectment and for appropriate relief.' The bill was dismissed "on demurrer and Mrs. Bradley carried the case to the Supreme Court of Illinois, which affirmed the decree below. Bradley v. Lightcap, 202 Illinois, 154, April 24, 1903. Three of the members of the court dissented. The opinion of the Supreme Court proceeded on the strength of the decisions in 186 Illinois, 510, and 201 Illinois, 511.
As we have reversed the judgment in the prior case, this case must take the same course.
Decree reversed and cause remanded far further proceedings not inconsistent with our opinion in No. 243.