Crocker v. Manley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity brought by William F. Manley, against Alvin E. Crocker, (the appellant,) the San Javier Mining and Milling Company and T. C. Mills, to set aside conveyances from Manley to Crocker, and from the latter to Mills, of certain real estate in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, claimed to be worth $22,500, which conveyances, it was alleged, were procured by fraud and…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity brought by William F. Manley, against Alvin E. Crocker, (the appellant,) the San Javier Mining and Milling Company and T. C. Mills, to set aside conveyances from Manley to Crocker, and from the latter to Mills, of certain real estate in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, claimed to be worth $22,500, which conveyances, it was alleged, were procured by fraud and false representations. The Superior Court decreed in favor of the complainant, and from that decree Crocker appeals. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
In regard to the allegations in the bill as to the organization of the company, its ownership of the mines, stock owned by Crocker, and that he was treasurer and manager, there is no controversy, it not being claimed that there was any falsity as to these averments. In reference to a large portion of the other averments of fact set up and relied upon in the bill, it will be found, upon due examination, that in the main they are not representations of fact, but, on the other hand, they are mere matters of opinion. Under the latter bead may be mentioned the following: That the mines were rich…
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