Kopp v. Reiter
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding. The original bill in this case was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County on July 8, 1891, by the appellee, Cora B. Beiter, against the appellant, William P. Kopp, the appellee, Edward Beiter, and B. F. Cronkrite and Henry M. Bacon, for the purpose of removing the contract and trust deed hereinafter described as clouds upon her title to a lot owned by her, and situated in the town…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding. The original bill in this case was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County on July 8, 1891, by the appellee, Cora B. Beiter, against the appellant, William P. Kopp, the appellee, Edward Beiter, and B. F. Cronkrite and Henry M. Bacon, for the purpose of removing the contract and trust deed hereinafter described as clouds upon her title to a lot owned by her, and situated in the town of Hyde Park in said county. Subsequently, the appellants, William A. Hammond and Frank C. Yielding, claiming to be the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Under the facts did Mrs. Reiter, the owner of the lot, make any such contract'for its sale and conveyance as a? court of equity will compel her to perform ?
Section 2 of the Statute of Frauds provides as follows: “No action shall be brought to charge any person upon any contract for the sale of lands, etc., * * * unless such contract or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized in writing, signed by such party.” (1 Starr & Cur. Ann. Stat. chap. 59, sec. 2, page 1192). It cannot…
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