Speer v. Skinner
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. The facts in this ease appear to be, that Isaac Speer being the owner of the Metropolitan Hotel in Chicago, leased the same on the first of July, 1856, for ten years, to Goodman and Mason, who owned the furniture, at a yearly rent of eleven thousand dollars for that portion of the building occupied as a hotel, and for other portions of the building, additional rent was stipulated to…
Read the full summary
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. The facts in this ease appear to be, that Isaac Speer being the owner of the Metropolitan Hotel in Chicago, leased the same on the first of July, 1856, for ten years, to Goodman and Mason, who owned the furniture, at a yearly rent of eleven thousand dollars for that portion of the building occupied as a hotel, and for other portions of the building, additional rent was stipulated to be paid. In each lease is a clause that Speer should have a just and valid lien on all the goods and chattels of…
1Opinion of the Court
.Mr. Justice Breese
delivered the opinion of the Court:
The questions raised by. plaintiff in error are, first, as to the bona Jides of Goodman and Mason’s mortgage to Benson and Company of this furniture.
Eo objection is made, in the answer of plaintiff in error, to this mortgage, on account of its having been-given to secure future advances, but it is charged to be fraudulent, —made with a design to deprive them of the collection of their rents.
Although the objection stated is not made in the answer, yet it is made in the brief of plaintiff’s counsel, and argued at great length, and we will…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. Hooe Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1805
- Shirras & Others v. Caig & MitchelSupreme Court of the United States · 1812
- James v. MoreyCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1823
- Crary v. SpragueNew York Supreme Court · 1834
- Divver & Gunton v. McLaughlinNew York Supreme Court · 1829
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by9 opinions
- Union National Bank v. Moline, Milburn & Stoddard Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1897
- Bruner v. DyballIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Minor v. SheehanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- McConnell v. ScottIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Robbins v. J. W. Butler Paper Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1890
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.