Wallace v. Carpenter
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. W. Fab well. Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
In the latter part of January, 1868, Wallace, Wm. Carpenter, Augustus A. Carpenter and Hall, finding an 80-acre tract of land lying in or near Chicago, for sale at $90 per acre, agreed with each other to huy the same on speculation—each to pay one-quarter of the expenses of the purchase, and each to have one-quarter of the land, or the proceeds of the sale thereof, and that, for convenience in case of sale, the contract of purchase and deed should be made in the name of Wm. (). Carpenter.
The contract of purchase was made in the name of Wm. O. Carpenter. One-third of the price was to be paid…
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