Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Davis

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 15, 1921No. Nos. 13646-47PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Writ op Error to the First Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Merritt W. Pinckney, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright

The defendant in error the Calumet and Chicago Canal and Dock Company loaned $50,000 to Allen Conkling, who secured the same by a trust deed executed on January 22, 1909, on blocks "138 and 139 in the dock company’s subdivision in South Chicago, and on June 19, 1911, Conkling executed a second trust deed to secure the same indebtedness on a strip of land between the two blocks which had been a street or avenue and was alleged to have been vacated. The note of Conkling not having been paid and he having been adjudged a bankrupt, the dock company filed its bill in the circuit court of Cook…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McJilton v. LoveIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
  2. Bishop v. O'ConnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Dunbar v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Guiteau v. WiselyIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
  5. Brennan v. GallagherIllinois Supreme Court · 1902

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Duncan v. DazeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Richardson Lubricating Co. v. KinneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
  3. First National Bank v. Road District No. 8Illinois Supreme Court · 1945
  4. Rhodes v. SiglerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  5. Willett Co. v. CarpentierIllinois Supreme Court · 1954

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