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  "name": "John W. Eagleston et al., Appellees, v. Anna Burrell Goodykoontz, Administratrix, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Eagleston v. Goodykoontz",
  "decision_date": "1913-10-14",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 17,913",
  "first_page": "318",
  "last_page": "319",
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      "cite": "182 Ill. App. 318"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
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    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "John W. Eagleston et al., Appellees, v. Anna Burrell Goodykoontz, Administratrix, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice F. A. Smith\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice F. A. Smith"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Garnett & Garnett, for appellant.",
      "No appearance for appellees."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "John W. Eagleston et al., Appellees, v. Anna Burrell Goodykoontz, Administratrix, Appellant.\nGen. No. 17,913.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. William Fenimore Cooper, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.\nReversed and remanded with directions.\nOpinion filed October 14, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nBill filed by John W. Eagleston and others against Charles H. Goodykoontz to set aside and remove a certain instrument as a cloud on complainants\u2019 title to real estate. From a decree for complainants, defendant appeals.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Quieting title, \u00a7 38 \u2014when recorded contract not a cloud on title. A recorded instrument which is a mere contract to pay money and gives no interest in the land itself is not a cloud which may be set aside on bill filed in equity.\n2. Quieting title, \u00a7 36*\u2014cloud, defined. A cloud upon title is a semblance of title, valid on its face, to show the invalidity of which it is necessary to resort to extrinsic evidence. It is an incumbrance apparently valid but actually invalid.\n3. Quieting title, \u00a7 36*\u2014effect of recording. The mere recording of an instrument does not make it a cloud on title.\n4. Quieting title, \u00a7 36*\u2014when instrument not a cloud. Mere fact that a prospective purchaser believed a recorded instrument to be a cloud and refused to carry out a contract of purchase does not make the instrument a cloud.\nGarnett & Garnett, for appellant.\nNo appearance for appellees.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XIV, same topic and section number."
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