Burt v. McFadden
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county ; the Hon. Benjamin S. Edwards, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It appears that Beuben Burt had commenced an action for the seduction of his daughter, against Samuel B. McFadden; and Florence M. Burt, his daughter, had also brought an action of assumpsit on breach of contract to marry, against McFadden, in the circuit court of Logan county; that while these suits were pending, Zebulon McFadden, a brother of Samuel B., and Burt and daughter, entered into articles of agreement to submit all differences embraced in the two suits to the award of arbitrators named in the submission, and that the award which should be made in pursuance to the agreement, should…
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