Sears v. Vaughan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal, from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in equity filed by appellant in the superior court of Cook county to set aside a deed made by J. Lafayette Curtis, dated August 27, 1902, purporting to convey to appellee Margaret C. Vaughan the premises known as 377 Dearborn street, Chicago.
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Appeal, from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in equity filed by appellant in the superior court of Cook county to set aside a deed made by J. Lafayette Curtis, dated August 27, 1902, purporting to convey to appellee Margaret C. Vaughan the premises known as 377 Dearborn street, Chicago. In general the bill alleges three grounds for setting aside the deed: First, mental incapacity of the grantor; second, actual undue influence exerted by the grantee and her agents; third, presumptive undue ii> fluence arising out of what is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
In the foregoing statement we have set out what appear to us as the most salient points in the testimony bearing upon the question at issue. The great volume of testimony given on the trial of this cause cannot be set out within the reasonable limits of a statement or discussed in detail in an opinion without unduly extending it. With unusual industry counsel for the respective parties have presented every fact and circumstance which bears directly or remotely upon the questions involved. The range of the testimony extends over a period of a half century, and brings into view a great…
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