SWEETING v. CAMPBELL

No. 32984.

2 Ill.2d 491 (1954)

119 N.E.2d 237

FRANK E. SWEETING et al., Appellees, v. RUTH CAMPBELL et al. — (RUTH CAMPBELL, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BERRY & O'CONOR, of Streator, for appellant.

WILLIAM ZWANZIG, of Ottawa, trustee, ERNEST A. POOL, guardian ad litem, and COSTIGAN, WOLLRAB & YODER, of Bloomington, for appellees Lelia S. Adams et al., and CHESTER THOMSON and DEPEW & DEPEW, both of Bloomington, for appellee Ruth T. Sweeting.


Reversed and remanded.

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

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of LaSalle County which dismissed a complaint for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. The controlling issue, which emerges from a rather complex background of multiple conveyances and multiple lawsuits, is the effect to be given in this action to an earlier judgment concerning the title to the property...

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