Hughs v. Washington
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Wm. W. Farwell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
These cases present substantially the same questions, and we, therefore, consider them as onel They were brought by the heirs of John A. Washington against George R. H. Hughs and the heirs of Sanderson Robert. The bills were filed to set aside and annul contracts of sale of large and valuable real estate in the city of Chicago, by Hughs, as the agent of Washington's heirs, to Robert. The ground alleged for rescinding the contract was fraud.
The cases were heard together, in the circuit court of Cook county, on the 6th day of May, 1871. The evidence was very voluminous, and consisted largely of…
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