Prescott v. Board of Trustees
Illinois Supreme Court
ERROR TO COOK. This was a case submitted to the Cook Circuit Court, on an agreed statement of facts, of which the following is a substantial statement: Prescott and Arnold owned pre-emptions, or, in other words, were entitled to purchase, at the appraisal, lots one, two, three and four, and also parts of seven and eight, in block seven, in the original town of Chicago.
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ERROR TO COOK. This was a case submitted to the Cook Circuit Court, on an agreed statement of facts, of which the following is a substantial statement: Prescott and Arnold owned pre-emptions, or, in other words, were entitled to purchase, at the appraisal, lots one, two, three and four, and also parts of seven and eight, in block seven, in the original town of Chicago. These lots had been appraised twice, and the question submitted was, whether Prescott and Arnold should pay at the first or second appraisal. By the law of 21st February, 1843, and as amended March 4,1843, the owners of…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
From the agreed case, it will be perceived the lots, about which this controversy has arisen, were appraised under the act of the General Assembly, entitled “ An Act to provide for the completion of the Illinois and Michigan canal, and payment of the canal debt,” approved February 21st, 1843, and as amended by the act of March 4th, 1843. Subsequently, on the 5th of March, 1851, the board of trustees, defendants in error, proceeded to have these lots re-appraised, claiming the right so to do, in virtue of the third section of the act entitled “ An Act in relation to the Illinois and Michigan…
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