Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Trust & Savings Bank v. Perry
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 18, 1913PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. M. Mangan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. J.usticb Cartwright
delivered the opinion of the court:
Harry A. Perry, who died on December 14, 1909, was a gambler, who had been' engaged in book-making, gambling and conducting gambling resorts in Chicago and elsewhere. Prior to 1898 the appellee, Mary E. Perry, (who was then Mary E. Dunn,) a young unmarried woman, had been a frequenter of gambling resorts in Chicago, drinking with men, persuading them to play games of chance, and receiving a commission on money which they played through her influence. About 1897 she became acquainted with Harry A. Perry, and from 1898 they lived…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Van Buskirk v. Van BuskirkIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Reed v. ReedIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Dagley v. BlackIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
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