Sanders v. Seelye
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Mueeay F. Tulby, Judge, presiding. In 1874, David A. Gage filed his bill in the Circuit Court of Cook County against the Riverside Improvement Company, Joshua C. Sanders, Henry E. Seelye and others, praying that a release of a trust deed to Henry Greenebaum might be set aside, the trust deed foreclosed and for other relief. Sanders being the holder of 195 bonds secured by a subsequent trust deed to John FT.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Mueeay F. Tulby, Judge, presiding. In 1874, David A. Gage filed his bill in the Circuit Court of Cook County against the Riverside Improvement Company, Joshua C. Sanders, Henry E. Seelye and others, praying that a release of a trust deed to Henry Greenebaum might be set aside, the trust deed foreclosed and for other relief. Sanders being the holder of 195 bonds secured by a subsequent trust deed to John FT. Jewett, filed a cross-bill in the case to secure the benefits which he thought himself entitled to, as the owner of these bonds. The…
1Opinion of the CourtGarnett, J.
The chief point, in dispute in this case is whether the letters referred to in the statement of the case, and the action of the parties, constitute a contract for all the services rendered by appellees for appellant until the decision of the Supreme Court, for the sum of $500 if successful, and $300 if not successful, or was for services in the Appellate Court only. The Circuit Court held the latter was the true interpretation. Sanders, in his letter of September 25, 1882, taken alone, seems to be emphatic in his determination not to pay more than $500 for a reversal of the decree in the…
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