Hand v. Waddell

Defendant in error William G. Waddell filed his bill in this case in the circuit court of Cook county, against plaintiffs in error, to set aside a conveyance of real estate and shares of railway stock on the ground of fraud of Blwood S. Hand in procuring the same, and praying for a re-conveyance of the property. On a hearing the court entered a decree as prayed in the bill.

We are asked to dismiss the writ of error on the ground that this court has no jurisdiction because no freehold is involved. This is a mistake. The purpose of the bill was to recover a freehold estate, on the ground that it…