Hills v. McMunn
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill in equity. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge presiding. Statement by the Court. This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court dismissing appellant’s amended bill for want of equity, upon the close of complainant’s evidence.
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Bill in equity. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge presiding. Statement by the Court. This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court dismissing appellant’s amended bill for want of equity, upon the close of complainant’s evidence. The substantial facts shown by the evidence in the record are as follows: Albert H. Weber, one of the defendants to the bill, had organized a corporation under the laws of Arizona called “The Slick Steel Piling Company” with a capital of 5,000 shares of $100 each, for the purpose, it is said, of taking over United…
1Dissent
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman,
dissenting.
A three-quarter interest in the patent was held- by Samuel K. Behrend, .who had made an assignment of it to the Slick Steel Piling Company to be delivered on payment of $6,000. This assignment was held in escrow by Behrend’s attorney in Chicago. The other quarter interest was held by two other parties who had agreed to transfer their respective interests upon payment of $1,000 to one and $1,500 to the other. Hills thereupon, with Weber’s approval, árranged with Behrend to assign his three-quarters interest to Hills, procured the preparation of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Day v. Fort Scott Investment & Improvement Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Beal v. HarringtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Elder v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- Smith v. Bates Machine Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Bromley v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
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