Vining v. Leeman

Citations

• 45 Ill. 246

Syllabus

<p>1. Pleading. Pleadings must be construed most strongly against the pleader.</p> <p>2. Failure oe consideration. A purchaser of land, receiving a deed' with covenants of title, cannot avoid the payment of promissory notes given for the purchase money, on the ground that the grantor had no title, if his possession has not been disturbed, nor the paramount title asserted.</p> <p>3. A grantee cannot retain a title acquired from his grantor, though only colorable, and remain in undisturbed possession, and at the same time refuse to pay his notes given for the purchase money.</p>