Long v. Long

Philips, C.

This is an action of ejectment for the recovery of about 470 acres of land. The answer is voluminous, containing many counts. It will only be necessary to a proper understanding of the opinion, to give the substance of the matters of defense.

The first count alleges that plaintiff' claimed the land under a deed of quit-claim from one Goodman, who purchased at a trustees’ sale made under a deed of trust given by defendant to O. II. and W. B. Bull, as trustees, to secure to L and C. II, Bull, of Quincy, Illinois, a certain sum of money; that by the terms of said trust deed the…