Legal Opinion

Dean v. Walker

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 20, 1882PublishedCited by 83 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Sidney Smith, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Algy Dean, for the use of Samuel H. Sweet and Charles Hutchinson, against Edwin Walker, to recover the amount of certain bonds, secured by mortgage on real estate in Chicago, which Walker had assumed and agreed to pay.

The facts out of which this litigation arose, are, in substance, the following: „ In February, 1873, George F. Work, being the owner of the premises, executed a trust deed thereon, to secure the payment of ten bonds, of $1000 each, payable four years after the date thereof. Afterwards, and on the 1st day of August, 1873, Work conveyed…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Vrooman v. . TurnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  2. Crawford v. EdwardsMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
  3. King v. WhitelyNew York Court of Chancery · 1843
  4. Trotter v. . HughesNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
  5. Comstock v. HittIllinois Supreme Court · 1865

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3Cited by83 opinions

  1. Tweeddale v. TweeddaleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Consolidated Coal Co. v. PeersIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Meyerson v. New Idea Hosiery Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  4. Bay v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Webster v. FlemingIllinois Supreme Court · 1899

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