Legal Opinion

Bremer v. Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 26, 1889PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Writ oe Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Gardner, Judge, presiding. This was a bill by .the Calumet and Chicago Canal and Dock Company, to the March term, A. D. 1884, of the Superior Court of Cook county, in which it was, among other things, alleged, that it is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, and that it is the owner in fee of the following described real estate in Cook county, Illinois, to-wit: Lots…

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Writ oe Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Gardner, Judge, presiding. This was a bill by .the Calumet and Chicago Canal and Dock Company, to the March term, A. D. 1884, of the Superior Court of Cook county, in which it was, among other things, alleged, that it is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, and that it is the owner in fee of the following described real estate in Cook county, Illinois, to-wit: Lots numbered one (1) and two (2), in block 47, in Ironworkers’ addition, being a subdivision of the west half of the…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

Very much of the argument on behalf of plaintiffs in error will be seen to be inapplicable to the present record, when the effect of the decree below shall he understood. The bill of the Calumet and Chicago Canal and Dock Company seeks a decree setting aside the deed of William H. Colehour conveying to Jacob Bremer lots 1 and 2, in block 47, in Ironworkers’ addition, being a subdivision of the west half of the north-west quarter of section 17, town 37 north, range 15, east of the third principal meridian, in Cook county, and it is neither framed upon the hypothesis that Bremer’s title is that…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Waller v. HarrisNew York Court of Chancery · 1838

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Kirchoff v. Union Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
  2. Swinson v. SodamanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1939
  3. Roby v. Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Ladd v. LaddAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
  5. Odell v. LevyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1922

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