Legal Opinion
Olson v. Rossetter
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 22, 1948No. 30159. Judgment affirmed. No. 30194. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Murphy
Petitions for leave to appeal were granted in Olson v. Rossetter, No. 30159, and Russ v. Blair, No. 30194. The facts of the two cases are so similar as to involve the same basic principles of law and they have been consolidated for opinion.
The real estate which furnishes the background for the controversy in the Olson case is located on Belmont Avenue, Chicago, and is improved with a building devoted to a use for a motion-picture theater, sixty-seven apartments ' and nine stores. The building was completed in 1925 and about that time the title was encumbered with first and second mortgage…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Storey v. StoreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Geithman v. EichlerIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Parker-Washington Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
- Olson v. RossetterAppellate Court of Illinois · 1947
- Wolf v. SchwillIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
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3Cited by34 opinions
- United States Trust Co. v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
- Arrington v. Walter E. Heller International Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- Grevas v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1992
- Kenny Construction Co. v. Metropolitan Sanitary DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
- Faith v. MartoccioAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
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