Sutherland v. Harrison
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hou. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. On January 18,1855, Samuel F. Smith and John E. Sutherland entered into a contract in writing, under their hands and seals, for the sale and conveyance by the former to the latter of an acre of land, described in the contract, situate in the city of Chicago, the conveyance to be made upon the payment of the purchase price, $2,000, on January 18,1873, with interest at six per cent per…
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hou. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. On January 18,1855, Samuel F. Smith and John E. Sutherland entered into a contract in writing, under their hands and seals, for the sale and conveyance by the former to the latter of an acre of land, described in the contract, situate in the city of Chicago, the conveyance to be made upon the payment of the purchase price, $2,000, on January 18,1873, with interest at six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and Sutherland agreed to pay such sum as aforesaid, with interest, to Smith. No payment of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
There are no disputed facts here, the questions involved being those of law, and mainly the one whether the widow should be held to pay the entire amount of this unpaid purchase money for this acre of land, or only her proportional part thereof, according to her interest in the land.
Onr statute in respect to the descent and distribution of intestate estates provides, that “ when there shall be a widow and no child or children or descendants of a child or children of the intestate (as in this case), then the one-half of the real estate, and the whole of the personal estate, shall go to such…
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