Shedd v. Seefeld
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. ' • On May 22, 1899, and prior thereto, John Druecker was conducting a warehouse business on certain premises situated in the city of Chicago.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. ' • On May 22, 1899, and prior thereto, John Druecker was conducting a warehouse business on certain premises situated in the city of Chicago. On the above date he executed a conveyance in fee of said premises to E. A. Shedd, of Chicago, and Benjamin E. Harris, Jr., of Champaign, Illinois, for an expressed consideration of $70,000. After-wards John Druecker filed his bill in chancery to have said deed declared a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
Appellants’ first and most serious contention is, that the circuit court of Cook county sitting in chancery had no jurisdiction to try this cause, for the reason that appellees’ claim is for alleged damages growing out of a tort and is cognizable only in a court of law. The precise question presented by this assignment of error has not been decided by this court, so far as we have been able to find, and no case is cited by either side which we regard as an authoritative decision of the question. Appellants insist that the case of Brown v. Wabash Railroad Co. 96 Ill. 297, is an authority…
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