Kelley v. Springer
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
In the years which immediately followed 1894 Warren Springer was the owner of an unimproved tract of real estate in the city of Chicago. He desired to have a large seven-story building, to be used for manufacturing purposes, erected thereon at the expense of some person other than himself. With this object in view he made several ninety-nine-year leases of the property to persons who were practically insolvent, binding them, by the terms of the lease, to erect such a building as he desired. In one instance he entered into a fraudulent arrangement with the lessee and a man who pretended to be…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Crandall v. SorgIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Sorg v. CrandallIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Bloomington Hotel Co. v. GarthwaitIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Springer v. BowermanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
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