· 2/4/1964
Jackson v. O'CONNELL
Citations
- 196 N.E.2d 714
- 46 Ill. App. 2d 49
- 1964 Ill. App. LEXIS 583
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- in a partition action, “[i]t is error to apportion the attorney’s fees where the suit is strongly contested and defendants in good faith advanced reasonable and substantial grounds on which they defended”
- a “good and substantial defense” is not “merely formal, frivolous, or vexatious”
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Judges: Friend, Burke, Bryant
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