Dodge v. Wright
Illinois Supreme Court
Wbit oe Error to the Superior Court of Chicago. This was a hill in chancery, exhibited in the court below, by the defendants in error against the plaintiffs in error, to recover the possession of a certain house, No. 604, on North Clark street in the city of Chicago, alleged to have been purchased by them from the plaintiffs in error.
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Wbit oe Error to the Superior Court of Chicago. This was a hill in chancery, exhibited in the court below, by the defendants in error against the plaintiffs in error, to recover the possession of a certain house, No. 604, on North Clark street in the city of Chicago, alleged to have been purchased by them from the plaintiffs in error. On the hearing in the court below, a decree was entered in favor of the defendants in error, to reverse which, the record is brought to this courtby writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrehoe
The decree in this case commences with the following recital: “ This cause came on to be heard at first upon a general demurrer for want of equity, and upon a motion to dissolve the injunction issued therein; and thereupon, on a suggestion made by the counsel for complainants, that having taken, as they declared, all the testimony they desired to take, they were ready and prepared to argue finally and on the merits ; thereupon the counsel for said defendants assented to the proposition, and the arguments proceeded upon the whole merits of the cause, after which, being heard and considered by…
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