Leonard v. Springer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment rendered in the superior court of Cook county, June term, 1899, sustaining a demurrer to appellant’s declaration in an action for damages for fraud and deceit.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment rendered in the superior court of Cook county, June term, 1899, sustaining a demurrer to appellant’s declaration in an action for damages for fraud and deceit. The declaration charges that on July 29, 1897, the defendant, Warren Springer, was the owner of a leasehold interest, with a building thereon, known as 188 East Monroe street,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The sole question is whether or not this declaration states a good cause of action. It is not denied by counsel for appellee that the declaration sufficiently alleges, in substance, that appellant was fraudulently induced to invest her money in fictitious and worthless securities, nor that the scheme by which they were executed and placed on the market was originated and put forward by appellee, but his position seems to be, that if the appellant could have investigated the true condition or value of the property constituting the supposed security for the payment of the notes which she…
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