Weber v. Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse A. Baldwin, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed on the 21st day of July, 1909, by the appellants, in the circuit court of Cook county, against the appellees, asking the court to hold that they were the equitable owners, as against the appellees, of lot 29, in block 134, in McMartin, Rees & Ogden’s subdivision in School Section addition to the city of Chicago, and for an accounting.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse A. Baldwin, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed on the 21st day of July, 1909, by the appellants, in the circuit court of Cook county, against the appellees, asking the court to hold that they were the equitable owners, as against the appellees, of lot 29, in block 134, in McMartin, Rees & Ogden’s subdivision in School Section addition to the city of Chicago, and for an accounting. A demurrer was sustained to the bill, whereupon appellants filed an amended bill, to which a demurrer was also sustained, and they having…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The main contentions made by the appellants are: (1) That the request of John C. Weber to Casper Pfeiffer to convey Said premises to Charles Weber was not in proper form; (2) that Charles Weber was the son of John C. Weber, and that the deed from Casper Pfeiffer, as trustee, to Charles Weber was without consideration, and was a part of a scheme formed by John C. Weber and Casper Pfeiffer, as trustee, to destroy the trust created by said trust deed; (3) that Charles Weber, immediately upon receipt of the title from Casper Pfeiffer to said premises, conveyed said premises to John C. Weber…
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