Wilson v. Campbell
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a suit in Chancery, commenced by James Campbell against James Wilson, in the La Salle Circuit Court, by bill filed on the 10th of July, 1840, and on the 16th of November, 1843, by agreement removed to the Lee Circuit Court.
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This was a suit in Chancery, commenced by James Campbell against James Wilson, in the La Salle Circuit Court, by bill filed on the 10th of July, 1840, and on the 16th of November, 1843, by agreement removed to the Lee Circuit Court. The bill in Chancery stated in substance, that in the spring of 1838, said Campbell and Wilson entered into an agreement wherein said parties, in Order to secure an interest in •some contract with the State of Illinois for work upon the Central Rail Road, at the letting of the same by the State, agreed each to join with some other company, and put in their bids in…
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Treat, C. J.*
One branch of this case — that relating to ' the canal contract — is easily decided. The bill states that Campbell & McFarrin' purchased the share of Wilson in this contract, but alleges a secret arrangement between Campbell and Wilson, by which the latter still retained an interest in the contract. The answer admits the sale, but denies the private agreement charged in the bill. There is no proof that any such agreement was made; on the contrary, it clearly appears that the sale was bona fide, and absolute in its terms. There was then no…
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