Curtis v. Hawley
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for money paid, etc.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Charles G. Neely, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
The appellant purchased from appellee certain premises in Lake county, Illinois, known as Slusser’s Park, and paid to appelleee $500 of the purchase money, for which appellee gave a receipt, as follows:
“ October 4, 1892.
Received of B. Curtis, five hundred dollars, on account of purchase of property at Gray’s Lake, known as Slusser’s Park, for the sum of seven thousand dollars, provided the abstract is correct; if not satisfactory, the money is to be returned. Henby S. Hawley.”
Appellee, in pursuance of the agreement, delivered to F. W. Young, appellant’s attorney, about October 6th or 7th, an…
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