St. Louis, Jacksonville & Chicago Railroad v. Mathers
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cass county; the Hon. Charles Turner, Judge, presiding. The appellee, together with Eichard Yates, James L. Beggs, William Greene and John Bennett, by deed dated April 25, 1860, but in fact executed on the 4th of June, 1860, conveyed 200 lots in the town of Ashland, in Cass county, to M. Stacy, Wesley Mathers and W. T. Beekman, trustees, as is recited in the deed, for and in consideration of the benefits to be derived by the grantors from the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cass county; the Hon. Charles Turner, Judge, presiding. The appellee, together with Eichard Yates, James L. Beggs, William Greene and John Bennett, by deed dated April 25, 1860, but in fact executed on the 4th of June, 1860, conveyed 200 lots in the town of Ashland, in Cass county, to M. Stacy, Wesley Mathers and W. T. Beekman, trustees, as is recited in the deed, for and in consideration of the benefits to be derived by the grantors from the construction of the Tónica and Petersburg railroad, and of $1, in trust that the said lots should be sold and the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The deed for the property, which is the subject of this litigation, professes, upon its face, to have been executed in consideration of the benefits to be derived by the grantors from the construction of the Tónica and Petersburg railroad, and of $1. It purports to invest the trustees therein named, and their successors, with the fee simple title to the property, which is to be sold and conveyed by them “at either public or private sale, in such parcels, at such times and upon such terms as to them shall seem meet.” It will be observed that there is nothing in the language of the deed, nor in…
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