Comstock v. Hitt
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Madison E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery institutéd in the Circuit Court by Willis M. Hitt, against John Comstock.. The facts are set forth in the opinion of the court.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Madison E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery institutéd in the Circuit Court by Willis M. Hitt, against John Comstock.. The facts are set forth in the opinion of the court. The question presented is, whether the grantee of one who holds a bond for the conveyance of land upon the payment of certain notes given for the purchase money, is liable for the unpaid portion of such notes, without any agreement to that effect on his part, or the amount of the outstanding notes being deducted from the purchase price.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
The facts of this case, as shown by the record, are briefly these : Heman Baldwin being the owner of certain lots of ground in the city of LaSalle, on the 13th of July, 1857, executed and delivered to Mrs. Ann C. Wilson a bond for a deed of the same, on certain money considerations thereafter fWwnftnr to be paid, for which he received the notes of Mrs. Wilson. The first note was duly paid, and two hundred dollars paid on the third note. On the 15th of March, 1860, Wilson being in default, Baldwin conveyed the lots to Messrs. Dean & Blanchard, and assigned the over-due notes of Wilson to them.…
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