Legal Opinion

Leiter v. Pike

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 25, 1889PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Gwynn Garnett, Judge, presiding.

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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Gwynn Garnett, Judge, presiding. The following statement, prepared by the Appellate Court, brings out the facts sufficiently for the comprehension of the questions discussed by the Appellate Court and this court upon this record: In 1866, A. Nisbet Turnbull, being the owner in fee of certain parcels of land in the city of Chicago, by an indenture of lease, demised to James H., George 8. and Chauncey T. Bowen, five lots, by the following description: “Lots…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

The arguments on behalf of the several parties to this record" have received such patient and careful consideration as we are able to bestow, and our conclusion thereupon is, that the law is correctly applied to the facts of the case in the foregoing opinion of the Appellate Court, by Mr. Justice Moran. We deem it necessary to add to what is therein said, only in answer to three objections urged against the views expressed, and that merely by way of amplification. In the order we shall pursue, the first and third of these objections are urged by counsel for appellees, and the second is urged…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Byars v. SpencerIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Parmelee v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1871

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Clodfelter v. Van FossanIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Sammis v. Town of HuntingtonNew York Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Hull v. Sangamon River Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Bragg v. LamportCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1899
  5. Nicholson v. DoneyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891

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