Bowman v. Long
Illinois Supreme Court
■Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge) presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
John Conway was in possession of lots 161 and 162, in block 10, of that portion of the present city of East St. Louis which was laid out and formerly known as the town of St. Clair. At his request, John B. Bowman purchased an outstanding title, which was supposed to be paramount, to lot 162, and took the title in his own name, agreeing to convey to Conway upon being repaid the money he advanced in purchasing that title. Bowman was empowered by Conway, as his attorney in fact, to make sale of the lots.
Accordingly, on the 13th of May, 1865, Bowman made a contract with Bartholomew Long for the…
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