Legal Opinion

Schneider v. Sulzer

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 24, 1904PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tulry, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on February 4, 1903, by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error, the latter being the widow and children of one Frederick Sulzer, deceased, praying that a decree may be entered, directing the defendants “to convey, set aside and dedicate to the city of Chicago for street purposes the premises hereinafter described, and that said defendants and each…

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Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tulry, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on February 4, 1903, by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error, the latter being the widow and children of one Frederick Sulzer, deceased, praying that a decree may be entered, directing the defendants “to convey, set aside and dedicate to the city of Chicago for street purposes the premises hereinafter described, and that said defendants and each of them and their agents, attorneys, solicitors and servants may be enjoined from selling or disposing of the premises…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice MagrudER

The contention of the plaintiff in error in this case is, that, when she purchased the west 15.2 feet of lot 8 and the east 14.8 feet of lot'9, being a lot 30 feet wide, from Frederick Sulzer in his lifetime, Frederick Sulzer agreed to convey and dedicate the east 31.8 feet of lot 10. and the west 30.2 feet of lot 9, being a strip of ground 62 feet wide, to the city of Chi - cago as a street, and to extend such street north as far as Cullom avenue through the property then unsubdivided. It is not claimed that the agreement thus alleged to have been made was a written agreement. It is admitted…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Godfrey v. City of AltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1850
  2. Treleaven v. DixonIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Telluride Power Transmission Co. v. Crane Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Alschuler v. SchiffIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Zearing v. RaberIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Stengl v. Starr BrothersIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Bellman v. EpsteinIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Thomas v. AnthonyIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  4. McKinney v. Charles Mulvey Manufacturing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1910
  5. McQueeny v. DailyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957

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