Legal Opinion

Doolittle v. Cook

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1874PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Joseph W. Cochran, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by Mary J. Doolittle against Henry I. Chase, Henry T. Woodward, Roger Cook and others, to foreclose a mortgage given by Chase to her on land previously sold by Chase to Rogers. The opinion of the court states the material facts.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker

It appears that Henry I. Chase, prior to and on the 1st day of January, 1864, owned the H. W. qr., sec. 29, T. 11 N., R. 6 E., fourth principal meridian. On that day he sold it to Roger Cook, for $3,000, of which $100 was paid in hand, and notes given for annual payments of different sums, running from one to ten years, with ten per cent interest. Chase gave to Cook a bond for a conveyance, on his complying with the terms of the purchase. Cook had occupied the premises for several years prior to his purchase, as a renter, and after the purchase, continued to occupy it by residing with his…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Manning v. McClureIllinois Supreme Court · 1865

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. White v. McGregorTexas Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Tate v. Pensacola, Gulf, Land & Development Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1896
  3. Davis v. LundTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
  4. Chicago Title and Trust Co. v. DarleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1936
  5. Meyer v. EvansSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885

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