Newman v. Willetts
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. John S. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Wells Willetts obtained a judgment against Sophia 0. Newman, in the Circuit Court of Mercer county, at the April term, 1861, for $814.85, and an execution was issued thereon on the 4th day of October, 1861. On the 27th of June, 1865, the judgment still remaining unpaid, Willetts filed his bill in chancery in the same court, against the judgment debtor, Sophia C. Newman and…
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. John S. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Wells Willetts obtained a judgment against Sophia 0. Newman, in the Circuit Court of Mercer county, at the April term, 1861, for $814.85, and an execution was issued thereon on the 4th day of October, 1861. On the 27th of June, 1865, the judgment still remaining unpaid, Willetts filed his bill in chancery in the same court, against the judgment debtor, Sophia C. Newman and Martha A. Newman and Jay Martin, to subject certain land lying in Mercer county to the satisfaction of his judgment, alleging…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
The most important question presented by this record is, what interest had Sophia C. ISTewman, the plaintiff in error, in the land and estate in controversy ? On the answer to this question, this case would seem to turn.
It is claimed by the defendant in error, in his bill of complaint, that she had a fee simple estate in the land, and he filed the bill to subject it to sale to pay a judgment he had obtained against her, and the title to which she had conveyed to one Martin, and he to Martha 27ewman, a daughter of plaintiff in error. The bill seeks to set aside these deeds, so that, when the…
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