Cox v. Montgomery
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Iroquois county; the Hon. Charles E. Starr, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed by the appellee against the appellant to avoid a contract for the exchange of lands on the ground of fraudulent representations, made by the appellant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Iroquois county; the Hon. Charles E. Starr, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed by the appellee against the appellant to avoid a contract for the exchange of lands on the ground of fraudulent representations, made by the appellant. The bill was filed in November, 1863, and the summons made returnable to the February term, 1864, and coming on for hearing at a subsequent term, the court decreed in favor of the complainant, whereupon the defendant appealed. The facts, so far as they are material, are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
In November, 1861, Cox, the appellant, went to the house of Montgomery, the appellee, in Iroquois county, and proposed an exchange of eighty acres of land owned by the former in Coles county for the farm on which the latter resided in Iroquois county. He represented the Coles county land to be a well-timbered tract, the timber not having been cut, and in reply to a question from Montgomery as to the value of the land, said it was worth a good deal, and was assessed for taxation at $15 per acre. The exchange was not, at that time, consummated. Cox went to Indiana, but returning in January,…
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