Geer v. Goudy
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed in the court below by Carolyn W. Goudy, sole devisee under the will of her deceased husband, William J. Goudy, who is alleged by her to have acquired the title to the premises hereinafter referred to by gift from his father, William C. Goudy, against Clara G. Geer and Ira J. Geer, her husband, for the purpose of compelling the execution by Clara G. Geer of a…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed in the court below by Carolyn W. Goudy, sole devisee under the will of her deceased husband, William J. Goudy, who is alleged by her to have acquired the title to the premises hereinafter referred to by gift from his father, William C. Goudy, against Clara G. Geer and Ira J. Geer, her husband, for the purpose of compelling the execution by Clara G. Geer of a quit-claim deed, conveying to Carolyn W. Goudy an undivided one-half interest in certain premises situated on the northwest…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The bill, filed in this case, seeks to enforce the specific performance of an oral promise to convey land, alleged to have been made by a father to his son. The appellee asserts, that William C. Goudy purchased the lot at the corner of Astor and Goethe streets in Chicago for his son, and gave it to the latter, and put him in possession thereof, and promised to convey the same to him. It is admitted, that no conveyance was actually made by William C. Goudy to his son, and that William C. Goudy'died holding the legal title to the property. The appellants in their answers have pleaded the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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