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  "id": 2885906,
  "name": "John Hillman, Appellant, v. John Stratman, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "Hillman v. Stratman",
  "decision_date": "1915-04-16",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "581",
  "last_page": "581",
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      "cite": "193 Ill. App. 581"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "John Hillman, Appellant, v. John Stratman, Appellee."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Scholfield\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Scholfield"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Govert & Lancaster, for appellant.",
      "H. M. Swope and J. E. Wall, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "John Hillman, Appellant, v. John Stratman, Appellee.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Vendor and purchaser, \u00a7 320a \u2014when admissions of vendor evidence in action for breach of contract. Evidence of statements or admissions of a vendor that a vendee bought land cheap, and that it was worth more than he agreed to pay for it, held admissible in an action against the vendee for refusing to complete the purchase.\n2. Vendor and purchaser, \u00a7 320a*\u2014sufficiency of evidence in action for breach of contract. The evidence in an action for the refusal of a vendee to complete the purchase of land he had contracted to buy, held to sustain a verdict in favor of the vendor for one dollar damages.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. Albert Akers, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1914.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed April 16, 1915.\nStatement of the Case!\nAction by John Hillman against John Stratman to recover damages for the failure of appellee to purchase land according to a written contract. Appellee gave appellant a note for $2,000 for the cash payment provided in the contract, which the appellant returned at the trial. Judgment for appellant for one dollar was entered, from which he. appeals.\nEvidence was admitted of the admissions or statements of appellant \u201cthat appellee had bought the land cheap, that it was really worth more than appellee agreed to pay for it.\u201d\nGovert & Lancaster, for appellant.\nH. M. Swope and J. E. Wall, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, a^d Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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