Gibbs v. People's National Bank
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree of the superior court of Cook county dismissing a bill for specific performance filed by appellant to compel appellee to convey to him the legal title to certain lots situated in Wilmette, Cook county,-Illinois.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree of the superior court of Cook county dismissing a bill for specific performance filed by appellant to compel appellee to convey to him the legal title to certain lots situated in Wilmette, Cook county,-Illinois. It appears from the bill that appellee, a national bank doing business at Claremont, New Hampshire, was the owner of the lots in controversy, and in 1898 placed them in the hands of Edwin M. Clark, a real estate agent in Chicago, for sale; that in October, 1901, an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The only question for determination in this case is, did the appellant comply with the terms of the offer of appellee, and thereby become entitled to a deed to the premises in controversy, disincumbered of the lien of the special assessments? A decision of this question necessitates an examination of the offer made by appellee, as set out in its letter of November 19, 1901, to its agent, Clark, and by him submitted to appellant, for the purpose of ascertaining the intention of appellee as therein expressed. That the letter must be examined as a whole and effect given to the intention as…
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