Legal Opinion

Brimie v. Benson

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 11, 1920No. Gen. No. 24,692Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Mebbitt W. Pinckney, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1918.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor

Paul K. Brimie filed his bill of complaint against Olga Rohne and Mary Benson, praying that certain deeds of conveyance, absolute on their face, be decreed to be mortgages; that an accounting be had between him and the defendant Benson; that she be decreed to hold certain real estate in trust for complainant; that she convey it to him, and for general relief. Olga Rohne was defaulted. Mary Benson filed a plea which was held bad, and the defendant having elected to stand by it, the bill was taken as confessed. The plea averred in substance that complainant was not indebted to her on account of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Golden v. CervenkaIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Whittemore v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Keady v. WhiteIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Enos v. SutherlandMichigan Supreme Court · 1863
  5. Smyth v. StoddardIllinois Supreme Court · 1903

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