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MORTELL v. BECKMAN

No. 35018.

16 Ill.2d 209 (1959)

157 N.E.2d 63

J.L. MORTELL, Appellant, v. LOUIS E. BECKMAN et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BISHOPP, BURDETT, FALASZ & DOHERTY, of Chicago, and GRAY, McINTIRE, PETERSEN & ACKMAN, of Kankakee, (JOHN H. BISHOP, DONALD GRAY, and ROBERT J. BURDETT, of counsel,) for appellant.

WERNER W. SCHROEDER, and JAMES E. HASTINGS, both of Chicago, and EDWIN W. SALE, of Kankakee, for appellees.

Decree affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, J.L. Mortell, appeals from a decree of the circuit court of Kankakee County which dismissed for want of equity his complaint to declare a constructive trust in certain real property purchased by defendant Louis E. Beckman. Joined as parties defendant were Elizabeth Beckman, his spouse, and Louise E. Hickey, with whom Beckman had made and partially performed a contract to...

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