Legal Opinion

Gerard v. Bates

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 28, 1888PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sheldon

On April 21, 1885, Charles F. Gerard and Isaac Wert were the owners of a livery stable stock and business in Lincoln, in this State, in partnership, doing business under the firm name of Wert & Co., Gerard’s interest being three-fourths and Wert’s one-fourth. On that day Gerard sold to one James H. Danley an undivided half interest in the livery stock of Wert & Co., for a half section of land in Nebraska, taken at the valuation of $3200, Danley guaranteeing that the actual cash value of the land would be, in eighteen months thereafter, $3200, and that if not of that value, he agreed to pay to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Sirrine v. BriggsMichigan Supreme Court · 1875

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Oglesby v. Springfield Marine BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Mortimore v. BashoreIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
  3. McMechan v. YenterIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Dubs v. EgliIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Georgeoff v. SpencerIllinois Supreme Court · 1948

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