Crane v. Chandler
Illinois Supreme Court
. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal by the defendants from a decree entered by the superior court of Cook county in favor of the complainants, setting aside two deeds made by Albert Crane, in his lifetime, to Charles A. Crane and recorded in the recorder’s office of Cook county; an affidavit of Henry J. Goodrich stating that said deeds were in the nature of a mortgage, which was also recorded in the…
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. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal by the defendants from a decree entered by the superior court of Cook county in favor of the complainants, setting aside two deeds made by Albert Crane, in his lifetime, to Charles A. Crane and recorded in the recorder’s office of Cook county; an affidavit of Henry J. Goodrich stating that said deeds were in the nature of a mortgage, which was also recorded in the recorder’s office of Cook county; and an inventory filed in the clerk’s office of the probate court of Cook county by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The controlling question in this case is, do the deeds from Albert Crane to Anna S. Chandler, and the agreements between Anna S. Chandler and husband and Albert Crane, referred to in the statement which precedes this opinion, when taken together and considered in the light of the circumstances which attended their execution, constitute an absolute conveyance or a mortgage? The answer depends upon the intention of the parties at the time of the execution and delivery of said deeds and agreements. The deeds are absolute conveyances. The agreements state that Anna S. Chandler and husband “agree…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Freer v. LakeIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Pitts v. CableIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
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