Dennis v. McCagg
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. This was a suit in chancery instituted in the court below by the appellants, the heirs-at-law of Oliver Dennis, senior, deceased, against Ezra B. MeCagg and others. The hill alleges that the complainants were of French birth, and resided in Canada until the year 1846, when they removed' to Chicago; that they were ignorant and unable to speak the English language, or to understand it.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. This was a suit in chancery instituted in the court below by the appellants, the heirs-at-law of Oliver Dennis, senior, deceased, against Ezra B. MeCagg and others. The hill alleges that the complainants were of French birth, and resided in Canada until the year 1846, when they removed' to Chicago; that they were ignorant and unable to speak the English language, or to understand it. That in the spring of 1847, the ancestor of the complainants, O.liver Dennis, senior, purchased from Francis Blanchard, a tract of land situate in Cook county, in this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
The question presented by this record is, what relation did the defendant McCagg sustain to the complainants, and in what capacity did he interfere with the property in question. Can he be regarded, under the evidence, as agent or attorney, either employed by them, or a volunteer in their behalf? The solution of this question determines the controversy.
It is charged in the bill, that McCagg was informed by Yalliquette, one of the heirs, through his wife, of Oliver Dennis, deceased, the owner of the land by title bond, and who was an employee of J. Young Scammon, the law partner of McCagg, of…
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