Mason v. Patterson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county ; the Hon. William W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery, filed by Joseph M. Patterson, William L. Patterson, J. Bradley Crandall, Eliza Crandall, Ansel A. Terrell, John Charter and Simeon Sampson, against Nelson Mason and Robert Cochran, for the specific performance of a contract for the sale and conveyance of lot 1 in block 39, west of Broadway, in the city of Sterling, Whiteside county, Illinois, made by…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county ; the Hon. William W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery, filed by Joseph M. Patterson, William L. Patterson, J. Bradley Crandall, Eliza Crandall, Ansel A. Terrell, John Charter and Simeon Sampson, against Nelson Mason and Robert Cochran, for the specific performance of a contract for the sale and conveyance of lot 1 in block 39, west of Broadway, in the city of Sterling, Whiteside county, Illinois, made by Nelson Mason to Allen G. Schenck. It appeared that Schenck transferred one-half of his interest in the contract to his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
While this case is not entirely free from doubt, we are of opinion the decree may be maintained on the facts proven.
Appellees, claiming to be the equitable owners of the real estate which is the subject of this litigation, filed their bill against appellants to compel a conveyance to themselves of the legal title that was alleged to be in Robert Cochran.
Nelson Mason was formerly the owner in fee simple of-this property. On the 28th of January, 1857, he sold it to Allen Schenck, one of the two members constituting the firm of B. G-. Wheeler & Co., bankers, doing business in Sterling. Schenck…
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