Davidson v. Porter

Citations

• 57 Ill. 300

Syllabus

<p>1. Agency—purchaser. A person purchasing of an agent is bound, at bis peril, to see that the agent has authority to make the sale</p> <p>2. Contract—what necessary to constitute. The minds of the parties must come together on the terms and conditions'of an agreement before there can be a contract.</p> <p>3. Possession—of notice to subsequent purchaser. A party in possession of lands claiming to have a contract with the owner for the purchase of the same filed a bill to compel a conveyance to him, a subsequent purchaser being made a party defendant: Held,, the possession of complainant could only charge the subsequent purchaser with notice of the facts as they existed; and there being no actual purchase by the complainant, his possession being unauthorized, the relief sought was denied.</p>