Hale v. Cravener
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. Egbebt Jamieson, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, exhibited in the Superior Court of Cook county, by Prescott Gr. Hale, against Amos W. Cravener, to cancel and set aside as a cloud upon title a certain •contract for the sale and conveyance of real estate.
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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. Egbebt Jamieson, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, exhibited in the Superior Court of Cook county, by Prescott Gr. Hale, against Amos W. Cravener, to cancel and set aside as a cloud upon title a certain •contract for the sale and conveyance of real estate. The Superior Court decreed in conformity with the prayer of the bill, but that decree was reversed on appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District, and the bill dismissed. The case is in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholeield
We concur in the views expressed in the foregoing opinion of Mr. Justice Moran, both upon the law and the facts.
The acts required to be done by the respective parties, after the signing of the contract, are to be done in this order: First, Cravener is to pay $500 in cash, which was done; second, Hale is to furnish to Cravener, on or before January 10, 1887, or as soon thereafter as the probate proceedings in the estate of Matilda Hale, deceased, can be finally settled and the abstract of title continued to show such settlement, an abstract of title, showing good title, and power and authority…
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