Condict v. Flower
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. The contract and trust deed which are the foundation of this suit, are as follows: “The undersigned hereby agree to convey to Stein, Hirsch & Co., Henry Greenebaum, Clark Lipe, Charles E. Steele, Wallace E. Condict, S. F. Leopold, and Ernst Prussing, or to such person, for their use, as they may elect, the land and premises known as Nos. 337, 339 and 341 State street, in the city of Chicago, subject to all incumbrances and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
Aside from the question as to the right of the Wartman Brothers to a mechanic’s lien upon the premises conveyed to Greenebaum, and Charles G. E. Pressing’s right in respect thereof, the right of Flower, the receiver of the German National Bank, is the only subject of contest in this case.
It is insisted that the proposition of agreement of April 4, 1874, should not have been received in evidence, because there was a material alteration thereof after the written acceptance appended thereto was signed. The only proof of this kind which we understand the testimony to show, is in the insertion of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Comstock v. HittIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
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