Legal Opinion

McDonald v. Tree

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 8, 1897PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Assumpsit, on a guaranty. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edmund W. Bubke, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mt?.. Justice Gary

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This isa,n action upon a guaranty by the appellant of the performance by the lessees and their assigns, of all the covenants to be performed by the lessess, contained in a lease in which the appellees were lessors.

The premises were eighty acres of ground expressed in the lease “ to be used for a trotting park or race course, and the holding of exhibitions of like character, and for no other purpose or purposes;” and the lessees covenanted that they would “ not use or suffer to be used the said premises, or any part thereof, for any illegal…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Swigart v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Swigart v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893
  3. Ryan v. PotwinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
  4. Ryan v. PotwinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
  5. Webber v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Harris v. McDonaldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
  2. White v. HoldenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917
  3. Heidenreich v. RaggioAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900

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