Humble v. Curtis
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. Samuel P. McConnell, Judge, presiding. On the 25th day of September, 1885, appellant, Margaret A. Humble, instituted a suit in equity in the circuit court of Cook county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Samuel P. McConnell, Judge, presiding. On the 25th day of September, 1885, appellant, Margaret A. Humble, instituted a suit in equity in the circuit court of Cook county. In the bill she alleges, among other things, that by fraud and imposition practiced on her by one James M. Allen and H. H. Armstead she was induced to convey two lots to said Allen in payment for stock in the Frisco Consolidated Mining Company, sold to her by the company for the agreed price…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
The argument in this case has taken a wide range, and many things have been discussed in the argument which, in the view we take of the case, it will not be necessary to consider. We shall not, therefore, under-<3 • , take to follow counsel in their argument and consider all the questions raised and discussed.
Ida G. Williams, who purchased lot 38 and assumed the payment of a deed of trust on the lot given to secure a principal note of §1500 which had been executed by J. B. Armstead, under decree of court paid the amount of the note into court, and the question involved in this case is,…
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