Linder v. Carpenter

Citations

• 62 Ill. 309

Syllabus

<p>1. Contract—against public policy. A contract made with officers of a railroad company, acting in their individual capacity, to induce them to establish the line of the road at a given point, for the purpose of promoting the private advantage of the contracting parties, is against public policy, as tending to sacrifice the interests of stockholders and of the public, and will not be enforced in equity.</p> <p>2. Rescission for fraud. On bill in chancery to set aside a conveyance of an interest in land, made by the grantor to secure the location of the line of a railroad near such land, on the ground of fraudulent representations of the grantee and others interested with him, to induce the conveyance, the court refused to decide whether, if the fraud were proved, the complainant could have relief, and affirmed a decree dismissing the bill for want of proof of the fraud.</p>