Legal Opinion

Bordner v. Kelso

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1920No. 13194PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Fulton county; the Hon. G. W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

Appellees, heirs-at-law of George W. Bordner, deceased, filed a bill in the circuit court of Fulton county to set aside a contract for the sale of 266 acres of land located in Fulton county to appellant E. E. Kelso by Bordner and a deed made in pursuance thereof. Bordner died intestate March 28, 1919. The contract and deed were made on December 9, 1918. The bill herein was filed July 14, 1919. The grounds alleged in the bill for setting aside the contract and deed were, that the same were procured by fraud and misrepresentation; that the farm was purchased by Kelso at a grossly inadequate…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mayrand v. MayrandIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Crosby v. DorwardIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Smith v. KopitzkiIllinois Supreme Court · 1912

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. McGlaughlin v. PickerelIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Vargas v. Esquire, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
  3. Lawrence v. Muter Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
  4. Rubin v. MidlinskyIllinois Supreme Court · 1926
  5. Campbell v. FreemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1921

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