CHECKLEY & CO. v. CITIZENS NAT. BK.

No. 41881.

43 Ill.2d 347 (1969)

253 N.E.2d 441

CHECKLEY AND COMPANY, INC., et al., Appellees, v. THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF DECATUR et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARMIN C. BAER, of Tuscola, and BAIRD, LATENDRESSE & McCARTHY, of Decatur, for appellants.

KENNETH E. BAUGHMAN, of Urbana, for appellees.


Appellate Court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The question presented is whether under the facts of this appeal the rule of caveat emptor may be invoked against a purchaser of lands at a judicial sale.

A judicial sale of land, hereafter described as Tract F, was ordered following the institution of a partition proceeding in the circuit court of Douglas County. The announcement of the sale...

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