Legal Opinion

Cilley v. Hawkins

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1868PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. John S. Thompson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker

Plaintiffs in error commenced an action of assumpsit, in March, 1866, against defendant in error, to recover damages for a breach of contract for a lease of lands. The contract, or lease, is set out in the declaration, and is very inartificially drawn. But we gather from it, that defendant in error leased to plaintiffs in error a farm, for three years. The parties were to jointly furnish teams, grain and implements ; the stock and utensils then on the farm, to remain, and to be used in carrying on the farm. The lease provides for the division of implements, proceeds of the farm, &c.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Green v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1867

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Chapman v. KirbyIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
  2. Neal v. JeffersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  3. Rhodes v. SiglerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  4. Brewington v. LoughranSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
  5. Miller v. AndersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1915

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