Rickman v. Meier
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. On February 24, 1890, Christiana O’Connor was the owner of three houses on Clark street and three houses on Rush street, together with the real estate on which said houses were erected, in the city of Chicago.
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Appear from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. On February 24, 1890, Christiana O’Connor was the owner of three houses on Clark street and three houses on Rush street, together with the real estate on which said houses were erected, in the city of Chicago. On that date, she executed a deed, her husband joining therein with her, conveying all of said property to John F. Brick, her son, in trust for the purposes of having him collect the rents, make necessary improvements, pay taxes and insurance and turn over to her the net rents during her life. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The gifts made by the deceased to John F. Brick are attacked principally on the ground that they were obtained through the undue influence of the donee.
Appellant argues that a deed or gift obtained through undue influence is not void, but voidable at the election of the grantor or donor alone, and that as Christiana O'Connor did not exercise her option to declare the gifts void in her lifetime, they cannot be attacked by her representatives after her death, and reliance is placed upon the case of Burt v. Quisenberry, 132 Ill. 385. In that case it is held that though a deed be obtained by…
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