Cossitt v. Hobbs
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. William A. Porter, Judge, presiding. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of assumpsit, brought to the Superior Court of Chicago, by James B. Hobbs against Franklin D. Cossitt, to recover damages for a failure to perform a contract for the sale and conveyance of a certain tract of land.
The issues were, non-assumpsit and the statute of frauds and perjuries. The jury found for the plaintiff, and the court rendered judgment thereon, a motion for a new trial by the defendant having been denied.
To reverse this judgment the defendant appeals.
The principal question is, was there a sufficient note or memorandum in writing, of this contract, to answer the…
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