Jeffries v. Adams

A decree of the circuit court of Cook County adjudged that an instrument captioned “Contract and Assignment,” and executed by the plaintiff, Nellie Jeffries, was void and ordered it removed as a cloud upon her title to two parcels of real estate located in Chicago. The defendant, George C. Adams, prosecutes this appeal.

On October 26, 1942, plaintiff retained defendant, an attorney, to represent her in several lawsuits involving five separate parcels of real estate. She executed a “Contract and Assignment,” authorizing defendant to supervise the prosecution of the litigation. Although the…