Taylor v. Hopkins
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Grundy county. This was a suit in chancery commenced by William T. Hopkins, in the Grundy Circuit Court, against Elihue Granger, Addison Weeks, Elias Shipman and Samuel G. Taylor.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Grundy county. This was a suit in chancery commenced by William T. Hopkins, in the Grundy Circuit Court, against Elihue Granger, Addison Weeks, Elias Shipman and Samuel G. Taylor. The bill was filed for the purpose of removing clouds on the title of complainant, by setting aside a sale made by a trustee of the property in controversy on account of fraud and a failure to pursue the authority contained in the deed, and in violation of an injunction. Also a purchase made by Taylor under an execution against the purchaser at the trustees’ sale, with notice of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It appears from this record, that Couch was indebted to Granger, in the sum of twelve hundred dollars, one-half due in one year and the other in eighteen months. To secure its payment, he, on the first day of January, 1858, executed his notes to Granger, and a deed of trust to Shipman, on the premises in controversy. By the terms of the deed, the trustee was authorized to sell the land, on a default of payment, at auction, to the highest bidder for cash, after giving ten days’ notice of the time and place of sale, in a newspaper published in Grundy county. After the maturity of the first…
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