Barling v. Peters
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. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding.
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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. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding. On the 20th day of June, 1864, Edward Mott Robinson, of New York, and Robert W. Hyman, entered into the following agreement: “Whereas, Robert W. Hyman has purchased the undivided half of section twenty-one (21), township thirty-nine (T. 39) north, range thirteen (13), east of the third principal meridian, in Cook county, Illinois, for the joint account of himself and Edward Mott Bobinson, of the city of New York, for the sum…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
' It is insisted on behalf of appellants, that the contracts, properly construed, show that Robert W. Hyman at no time had an interest in the land; nor was he the beneficiary of any right, trust or power whereby he could “require” it to be sold by the owners; that he could neither assign nor pledge any interest in the land, nor could he vest another party with a right to require a sale,—his function was to sell the land himself, and thereby, earn the share in the profits. We have given the able argument of appellants’ counsel a careful consideration, but we have not been able to arrive at the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Seymour v. FreerSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Stow v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
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