Legal Opinion

Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Corporation of the Fine Arts Building

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1919No. 12184PublishedCited by 34 opinions

Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. David F. Matchett, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

This is certiorari to the Appellate Court for the First District to review a judgment of that court reversing a decree of the circuit court of Cook county, heard on appeal from an order of the probate court of that county allowing a certain claim against the estate of Winfield Scott Thurber, deceased, and a decree, also entered by that court, declaring said claim and other claims to be liens on the property of said estate by virtue of a certain lease in which deceased was lessee.

The defendant in error leased a six-story building, described as 208 Michigan boulevard, in the city of Chicago, to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Borden v. CroakIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Union Trust Co. v. ShoemakerIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  3. First National Bank of Joliet v. AdamIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Bradner Smith & Co. v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Purvis v. ShumanIllinois Supreme Court · 1916

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Pufahl v. Estate of ParksSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Evans v. Illinois Surety Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Edgehill Corporation v. HutchensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  4. Campbell v. AlbersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1942
  5. In Re Estate of JensikAppellate Court of Illinois · 1962

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