Hicks v. Deemer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike county; the Hon. T. N. Mehan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
This is an action on the case brought by appellee, William L. Deemer, against Ransom Kessinger, William P. Hess and appellant, R. T. Hicks, for damages on account of alleged fraud and deceit in misrepresenting to the appellee the title which he had in certain lands, and thereby causing him to convey and cause to be conveyed said lands to appellant, R. T. Hicks, for a sum much less than they were actually worth. The declaration contains three counts, in each of which it is averred that the plaintiff is a person of weak understanding, unlearned, unlettered and unable to read or write; that his…
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