Muller v. Balke
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. On the 20th of December, 1889, plaintiff in error executed the following deed: “Then grantor, Edward Muller, a widower, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, for and in consideration of one dollar and other valuable considerations to him in hand paid, conveys and warrants to Charles S. Gloeckler, of the same place, the following described real estate, to-wit: Lot…
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Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. On the 20th of December, 1889, plaintiff in error executed the following deed: “Then grantor, Edward Muller, a widower, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, for and in consideration of one dollar and other valuable considerations to him in hand paid, conveys and warrants to Charles S. Gloeckler, of the same place, the following described real estate, to-wit: Lot eight (8), in the subdivision by George Bickerdike, of the east half (£) of lot thirty (30), and the north half (-J-) of lot…
1Opinion of the Court
Wilkin, C. J.:
This bill is a confession on the part of the complainant that he made the deed which he now seeks to avoid, for an unlawful and inequitable purpose, viz., to place his property in such condition that the same would not become charged with the dower of his intended wife. He does not, on his own showing, come into court with clean hands, and on that ground alone is not in a position to ask relief in equity. He does not claim in his bill that he was induced by others to form the unlawful purpose, but only that he was taken advantage of in the execution of that purpose. The only…
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