Lancaster v. Springer

Appellants and others filed their bill in the circuit court of Cook county to establish a resulting or constructive trust as to certain lands in Cook county, and for an accounting, discovery and general relief. A demurrer having been sustained to the original bill, it was amended. The amended bill was demurred to and the demurrer was sustained. The amended bill was dismissed for want of equity, and an appeal has been talcen to this court.

The amended bill alleges that Nimrod Lancaster was born in 1810, and came to Chicago in 1850 with about $1000 but without business experience. He went to…