Norton v. Gale
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; the Hon. Theo. D. Murphy, presiding Justice, and the Hon. Geo. W. Pleasants and Hon. Joseph M. Bailey, Justices.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; the Hon. Theo. D. Murphy, presiding Justice, and the Hon. Geo. W. Pleasants and Hon. Joseph M. Bailey, Justices. This was an action by Gale against Norton on three leases of vacant lots in Chicago, executed by the former to the latter on the first of February, 1872, to run for a term of fifty years; one, of five lots, for a yearly rent for the first five years at $1000 per annum, payable quarterly in advance; one, of five lots, at $1000 per annum for the first five years, payable the same way, and one, of ten lots, at $3100 per annum for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The first objection urged against the judgment below is, “our statute says that no action can be brought upon a contract of this kind unless the contract shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized in writing, signed by such party;” and it is thereupon argued that the appointment of the arbitrators is a necessary part of the submission,—that the submission can not be said to be made until the persons to whom it is made are selected.
The objection is not well urged. All of the terms of the contract upon which…
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