Jones v. Lloyd

On January 1, 1862, John H. P. Jones, father of plaintiffs in error, and, also, father of the defendant in error, Rebecca Lloyd, was indebted to Hannah Miller in the sum of $2330.30, and was the owner of the north half of section 27, town 41, range 3 east of third P. M., in De Kalb county, which three hundred and twenty acres was, then, worth about $20 per acre. The defendant in error, John Lloyd, at the same time, had a claim upon the three hundred and twenty acres, growing out of some previous sale, or attempted sale thereof, to him, by his father-in-law. On that day, J ones and Lloyd both…