Cockrum v. Keller
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Franklin county; the Hon. Enoch E. Newlin, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1914. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
In this suit appellee claimed $16,000 damages on account of fraud and deceit practiced on him by appellant, whereby he was induced to sell the latter the coal under three hundred acres of land in Franklin county, Illinois, at $7.50 an acre, when it was really worth a much greater sum.
The declaration, which consisted of three counts, alleged that appellant, a coal operator, desired to buy a large body of coal, oil, gas and other minerals underlying the surface of the lands of appellee and other lands contiguous thereto; that he…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Endsley v. JohnsIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- N. C. Antle & Bro. v. SextonIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Ladd v. PigottIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Cockrum v. KellerIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- Williams v. WilsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
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