Thomas v. Whitney
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
This is a writ of error to the Appellate Court for the First District to reverse its judgment affirming a decree of the superior court of Cook county, based on a bill in chancery by defendant in error’s testate, Richard U. Piper, against plaintiff in error, Granville S. Thomas.
The bill alleges that for several years prior to January 24, 1893, the complainant had personally known the defendant, believed him to be an honest man, and entrusted and confided to him the care and management of his property in the city of Chicago, (which is shown by the evidence to be worth about $12,000); that at…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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