Legal Opinion

Drew v. Beall

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1871PublishedCited by 34 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee County; the Hon. William W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This was an action on the case brought by Beall against Drew in the Lee circuit court to recover damages for the deceit and fraud alleged to have been practiced by the latter upon the former, in the sale and exchange of certain real estate, whereby Beall sold and conveyed a house and lot in Dixon he owned, for eighty acres of land in Mason County, Missouri, belonging to Drew, and the sum of |800; the fraud charged consisting in alleged fraudulent representations in regard to the Missouri land.

One error assigned is in the giving and refusing of instructions.

The bill of exceptions does not…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Magher v. HoweIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
  2. Wallace v. WrenIllinois Supreme Court · 1863

3Cited by34 opinions

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  3. Gustafson v. RustemeyerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
  4. N. C. Antle & Bro. v. SextonIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Buttitta v. LawrenceIllinois Supreme Court · 1931

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