Hughes v. Washington

This was a bill in chancery, filed in the circuit court of Cook county, by Richard B. Washington, executor, and the heirs at law of John A. Washington, against Geo. R. H. Hughes and others, to set aside certain deeds, and a contract- and a settlement, and to vest the title to certain lands in Cook county in complainants.

The cause was heard on bill, answer, replication and proofs, and a decree was rendered for complainants, substantially as prayed for in the bill. Hughes brings the case here by appeal, the other defendants having compromised with the complainants since the rendition of the…