Legal Opinion

Bruns v. Huseman

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1914PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Whiteside county dismissing for want of equity a bill filed by Bruñe H. Bruns against Anna Mary Huseman for the specific perfomance of a contract for the sale of real estate.

The bill alleges that on the 16th day of July, 1912, appellee, being seized of a farm of about 157 acres, authorized her grandson, Vernon C. Freeman, to sell the same for her. Appellee was an old lady about eighty years of age at the time the transaction in question was had. She was the owner of the farm in question but did not reside upon the same. Appellant, who is a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kopp v. ReiterIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Shovers v. WarrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Hughes v. CarneIllinois Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. Bradshaw v. McBrideUtah Supreme Court · 1982
  4. COSMOPOLITAN NAT'L BK. OF CHICAGO v. KobialkaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  5. McMillan v. IngoliaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980

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