Zempel v. Hughes
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Fulton county; the Hon. G. W. 'Thompson, Judge, presiding. This is a bill filed March I, 1905, in the circuit court of Fulton county, by appellant, Robert Zempel, against appel-lee Julius E. Hughes, for the specific performance of a contract, the substantial portions of which, so far as affects this proceeding, are as follows: “Received of Robert Zempel the sum of $500 as part payment towards the purchase of the following described real…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Fulton county; the Hon. G. W. 'Thompson, Judge, presiding. This is a bill filed March I, 1905, in the circuit court of Fulton county, by appellant, Robert Zempel, against appel-lee Julius E. Hughes, for the specific performance of a contract, the substantial portions of which, so far as affects this proceeding, are as follows: “Received of Robert Zempel the sum of $500 as part payment towards the purchase of the following described real estate, (describing the two hundred-acre farm,) which is hereby bargained and sold to the said Robert Zempel for the sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
In March, 1903, appellee Julius E. Hughes, in accordance with a contract previously made, consummated a trade and moved onto the farm in question, which he had purchased for $14,000. At that time he borrowed of Emily A. Boyer $7000, to be used as a part of the purchase money, and gave her a deed as set forth in the foregoing statement. At the same time he borrowed of his father, George W. Hughes, $6000, which he used as a part of the purchase money for the farm, and also deeded to his father part of the land as set forth in the statement. Without question, from the record before us, the deeds…
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