Rigdon v. More
Appellate Court of Illinois
Contested claim in court of probate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. George A. Carpenter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The history of the cause in which this appeal has been taken is a peculiar one.
In 1898 the appellant, Charles W. Rigdon, brought suit against William W. Strong for a commission on a real estate sale, which Rigdon claimed Strong was liable to pay him. Rigdon procured a verdict in his favor, hut the trial judge granted a new trial. Before the case was reached for trial Strong died and the suit abated. On February 7, 1901, Rigdon filed a claim in the Probate Court of Cook county, based on the same transaction, against the estate of William W. Strong, deceased, as follows:
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Chickering v. FailesIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
- Cothran v. EllisIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Aurora & Geneva Railway Co. v. HarveyIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Commercial Union Assurance Co. v. ScammonIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Rigdon v. MoreIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
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