King. v. Mason
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kendall county; the Hon. Madison E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit commenced in the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Aurora by Jeduthan Mason against Joseph P. King. The cause was removed, on change of venue, into the Circuit Court, where a trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant brings the cause to this court by appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was an action for money had and received, brought by Mason against King to recover certain rents received by King and alleged by Mason to belong to himself in right of his wife, who was a sister of King. The premises from which the rent accrued seem to have belonged to one Hall, and to have been bought from him by the father of King and Mrs. Mason. After his death a deed was made by Hall to Mrs. Mason, under an arrangement between her and King, by which the latter was to retain possession of the house until he had received five or six hundred dollars due to him. It appears that the…
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