AYERS v. CHICAGO


101 U.S. 184 (____)

AYERS v. CHICAGO.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Melville W. Fuller for the appellant.

Mr. W.C. Goudy, contra.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 27th of December, 1873, David A. Gage and Eliza M., his wife, citizens of Illinois, conveyed to George Taylor, also a citizen of Illinois, a large quantity of real estate in Cook County, Illinois, in trust to secure the city of Chicago, an Illinois municipal corporation, against loss by reason of the indebtedness of Gage as treasurer of the city. The trustee was authorized to take possession of and...

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