CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGO v. MURR

No. 33029.

3 Ill.2d 107 (1954)

120 N.E.2d 4

THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees. v. LORETTA SHEILS MURR et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 24, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOUIS LAGGER, GEORGE N. BLATT, JR., and WISE & WISE, all of Joliet, for appellants.

FRANCIS A. DUNN, of Joliet, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents for decision the construction of a deed conveying property for use as a cemetery. From the pleadings and a stipulation of facts it appears that on September 3, 1849, Michael Shields, John Belz and Edward Conlon, and their respective wives, in consideration of $100, sold and conveyed to the Catholic Bishop of...

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