Stone v. Pratt
Illinois Supreme Court
The bill in this cause was filed in the court below by the appellant against the appellees, and states, in substance, that in one Calvin D’Wolf became the owner in fee of the north fifteen acres of the west half of south-west quarter of section 34, township 39 north, range 14 east, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and that by subsequent sales and conveyances, duly executed, acknowledged, delivered and recorded, Amos Pratt, in May, 1852, acquired the title and…
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The bill in this cause was filed in the court below by the appellant against the appellees, and states, in substance, that in one Calvin D’Wolf became the owner in fee of the north fifteen acres of the west half of south-west quarter of section 34, township 39 north, range 14 east, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and that by subsequent sales and conveyances, duly executed, acknowledged, delivered and recorded, Amos Pratt, in May, 1852, acquired the title and ownership to said land. That afterwards, and on the 28th day of September, 1852, Amos Pratt, being the owner of said…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, C. J.
On the 23rd of September,. 1852, A. Pratt, by indenture, agreed to sell and convey to D’Wolf, or his assigns, several parcels of land for the gross sum of four thousand and fifty dollars, all on time except one hundred dollars; and D’Wolf, by the same instrument, agreed to pay the purchase money as therein stipulated.
On the 23rd of September, 1853, Pratt agreed that certain covenants with one Parker, should be performed on the 10th of October, 1853, and upon his failure to do so, was to forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars as stipulated damages, to secure which, he deposited with…
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