property. This court has never held that when an appellant fails to obtain a stay and the property sought is conveyed in good faith to a third party, the appellant is entitled to return to the trial court to have damages awarded if successful on appeal. Neither the Richards-es nor the dissent has cited a single case where this took place. Nor could they: other jurisdictions that have addressed this issue have denied such relief. For instance, the Illinois Appellate Court has held that “in the absence of a stay, an appeal is moot if possession or ownership of specific property which is inextricably involved in the relief being sought on appeal has been conveyed to third parties.” Horvath v. Loesch, 87 Ill.App.3d 615, 43 Ill.Dec. 154, 157, 410 N.E.2d 154, 157 (1980) (citation omitted) (<HOLDING>). This holding is consistent with numerous
holding that an appeal became moot when the party sold the real estate that formed the basis of the claims holding that the lack of any ongoing appeal of weeks conviction renders moot the question of bail pending direct appeal holding continuing controversy not moot holding plaintiffs claims moot on similar grounds holding appeal moot on this basis