Young v. Trainor
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G-. Windes, Judge, presiding. This is a suit brought by James T. Young, appellant, against John W. Trainor, appellee, to recover for services alleged to have been rendered by Young in securing for Trainor the acceptance of a proposition for the exchange of certain real estate belonging to Trainor.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G-. Windes, Judge, presiding. This is a suit brought by James T. Young, appellant, against John W. Trainor, appellee, to recover for services alleged to have been rendered by Young in securing for Trainor the acceptance of a proposition for the exchange of certain real estate belonging to Trainor. Young is a real estate agent and dealer in Chicago, and in the fall of 1891 one J. T. Winter placed in his hands a block of buildings located on the corner of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
If it were admitted that appellee promised to pay-appellant $1000 if he obtained the signature of Winter to the written proposition here in question, still it is plain that appellee had in contemplation a signing such as would bind Winter. In fact, no other presumption is reasonable. Appellant did not accomplish this task. Winter’s name was not signed to the paper in such a manner as to constitute an acceptance by him of the proposition therein contained. The supposed contract was in nowise binding upon him. Winter v. Trainor, 151 Ill. 191.
After Winter had thus signed this paper, appellee…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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