Brauer v. Laughlin
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood Honoré, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood Honoré, Judge, presiding. The substance of the pleadings and decree necessary to a decision of this case is as follows: Sarah Eden filed her bill in chancery in the circuit court of Cook county, against appellant, for specific performance of a contract alleged to have been made between appellant and complainant in the bill, and for an accounting. The bill alleged that the Northern Hotel Company, a corporation, with a capital stock of $700,000,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Parmer
In our opinion, assuming the facts found by the decrees of the court to he correct, the case made by the proof is not one that calls for or authorizes equitable relief. All the allegations of the bill that authorized a court of equity to take jurisdiction of the case for the purpose of granting the relief prayed were found by the chancellor to be untrue. The bill, on its face, made a case authorizing a court of equity to take jurisdiction, but the case made by the proof was one wherein the complainant had a complete and adequate remedy at law, and was entitled to no relief under the…
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