Matthews v. Kerfoot
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G-. Windes, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G-. Windes, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county. The facts may be briefly stated as follows: In 1868 the firm of Matthews & Cornwell, of Chicago, being the owners of the south-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section 25, township 40, north, range 13, east of the third principal meridian, in the north-western part of the city of Chicago, entered into a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The real question in this case is, what were the rights of the parties under the contract set out in the foregoing statement? The claimant’s contention is, that by the terms of the contract there was vested in him an interest in the land described in the contract and in the proceeds arising therefrom after the sale of the land, and that the contract was a valid and subsisting one April 8, 1886, when the land was sold to G,eorge A. Severas. The contention of the executors of the estate of George L. Matthews, defendants in the probate court of Cook county, where the claim was filed first, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Barling v. PetersIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
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