Chytraus v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding. Edward G. Smith filed his hill of complaint in the circuit court of Cook county, against Axel Chytraus, the Equitable-Insurance Company of Connecticut, Edward G. Mason and Henry B. Mason, as partners, under the firm name of Mason Bros., and William P. Nelson and John L. Nelson, alleging therein that on the 13th of September, 1887, complainant owned block 1 of the Equitable Trust…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding. Edward G. Smith filed his hill of complaint in the circuit court of Cook county, against Axel Chytraus, the Equitable-Insurance Company of Connecticut, Edward G. Mason and Henry B. Mason, as partners, under the firm name of Mason Bros., and William P. Nelson and John L. Nelson, alleging therein that on the 13th of September, 1887, complainant owned block 1 of the Equitable Trust Company’s subdivision of parts of sections 20 and 21, in township 40, north, range 14, east of the third principal…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
In the view that we take of this case it will be most convenient, in considering the several questions discussed in the arguments before us, to determine, first, whether there was a binding contract between the Equitable Trust Company and Edward G. Smith, whereby the former sold to the latter, for a named consideration to be paid by the lather, the certificate of sale which is the subject of the present litigation.
Without going into unnecessary details, it is sufficient to say that Smith had executed several mortgages to the Equitable Trust Company on distinct lots in the city of Chicago,…
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