Brown v. Schintz
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District; — -heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. George Wheatman and William Boulton, co-partners, and John Beaubien, filed their petition in the circuit court of Cook county on August 9, 1897, to enforce a sub-contractor’s lien on lot 45, block 1, etc., in the city of Chicago.
Read the full summary
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District; — -heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. George Wheatman and William Boulton, co-partners, and John Beaubien, filed their petition in the circuit court of Cook county on August 9, 1897, to enforce a sub-contractor’s lien on lot 45, block 1, etc., in the city of Chicago. The defendants were Thomas Brown, the owner and occupant of said lot, and Elizabeth Brown, his wife, and Theodore H. Schintz, trustee in two trust deeds executed to him by Brown and wife…
1DissentChief Justice Mag-ruder
delivered the following dissenting opinion;
The controversy in this case is between Thomas Brown, the owner of the premises in question, and Jacob Huber and Nicholas J. Mann, the holders of the notes and trust deeds, executed by Brown and his wife to Theodore H. Schintz, trustee. Defendants in error, Huber and Mann, are seeking to enforce their trust deeds against the premises, owned by Brown, for the amount of the checks, executed by Schintz to Brown on Friday, July 16, 1897, one of the checks having been for $1075.00 and the other for $125.00, aggregating$1200.00. Mann and Huber concede that…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Laclede Bank v. SchulerSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Bickford v. First National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Heartt v. RhodesIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Merchants' Bank v. SpicerNew York Supreme Court · 1831
- Rayburn v. DayIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.