Illinois Supreme Court September 15, 1874 (Philpot v. Taylor)

Mr. Justice Breese

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This was case, in the Superior Court of Cook county, by Abner Taylor, against Bryan Philpot and Henry E. Pickett, for falsely pretending to be the agents of plaintiff to sell certain real estate belonging to him, in the city of Chicago, and, under that pretense, entering into a contract with one Merrill to sell the premises to him, which