Wilson v. Roots
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. Thomas A. Mohan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This was a bill in equity, by Logan H. Roots, against William Gr. Wilson, filed in the circuit court of Cook county on the 9th day of May, A. D. 1884, for the rescission of a certain contract for the assignment and transfer by Wilson, to Roots, upon certain conditions, of $44,500 of the capital stock of the Wilson Sewing Machine Company of Wallingford, Connecticut, in exchange for $40,000 of the bonds of that company. Wilson answered the bill, putting in issue its -material allegations, and then filed a cross-bill for the specific performance of the contract of which rescission is sought by…
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