Hilgendorf v. Ostrom
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. O. H. Horton, Judge, presiding. On the 14th of June, 1890, the following agreement was made by appellant: “ Chicago, June 14, 1890. “ Received of George S. Ostrom one thousand dollars as part payment toward the purchase of the following real estate: The west one hundred and twenty (120) acres of the southwest quarter (S. W. J) of section ten (10), township thirty-seven (37) north, range thirteen (13) east, Cook county,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. O. H. Horton, Judge, presiding. On the 14th of June, 1890, the following agreement was made by appellant: “ Chicago, June 14, 1890. “ Received of George S. Ostrom one thousand dollars as part payment toward the purchase of the following real estate: The west one hundred and twenty (120) acres of the southwest quarter (S. W. J) of section ten (10), township thirty-seven (37) north, range thirteen (13) east, Cook county, Illinois, which is hereby bargained and sold to the said George S. Ostrom for the sum of seventy-two thousand ($72,000)…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
It is not seriously contended that the abstract furnished showed a good title. . What is principally insisted by appellant is, that the defects therein appearing have been cured by lapse of time and possession; in other words, that by matters not shown upon the abstract and not of record, it is the case, and was made to appear, that appellant had a good title.
Appellant’s title is derived under a deed made by Thomas J. Dunldn and wife to Abel T. Edgerton, Alexander H. Washburn and William Gardner; a deed by William Gardner and wife to Abel T. Edgerton and Albemarle H. Wash-burn.
It is not…
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