Vrooman v. Hawbaker

February 6, 1943, the plaintiff, William S. Vrooman, filed his complaint in the circuit court of Piatt county against the defendant, E. J. Hawbaker, an attorney at law, seeking an accounting, a declaration of trust in, and a reconveyance of, certain farm land, title to which was obtained by defendant, July 31, 1941, by sheriff’s deed. A motion to strike the complaint was allowed. Plaintiff elected to abide by his pleading, and judgment in bar of action and for costs was entered in favor of defendant. An appeal, prosecuted to the Appellate Court for the Third District, was properly transferred…