Laughlin v. Leigh
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill to enforce trust. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook Count)'; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1902.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
The evidence in this case is so voluminous and the testimony of the parties themselves so irreconcilable, that its proper consideration has imposed a very considerable amount of labor on the court. The counsel have presented their views in briefs and arguments containing between four and five hundred pages. Nevertheless, the contention involves the determination of a single question of fact— whether appellee, who acted ostensibly as appellant’s agent in attending to the details involved in carrying out a written contract made…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Maxwell Land-Grant CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Howland v. BlakeSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- West v. CamdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Guernsey v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Bestor v. WathenIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
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- Leigh v. LaughlinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905