Goodrich v. Tenney
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county, the Hon. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shore
It is probable that the demurrer was properly sustained upon the ground, that if the complainant had a right of recovery, his remedy was complete at law, and possibly also upon the ground of laches, but we will consider the single question of the validity of the contract sought to be enforced.
Ho good purpose can be served by a consideration of the allegations of this bill, setting up the confederacy and fraud by which appellant was induced to surrender the written contract to Tenney. It is alleged that it was expressly agreed, that the surrender of the writing should not abrogate the…
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