Hoover v. Ekdahl
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill to Have a Deed Declared a Mortgage.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside County; the Hon. John D. Crabtree, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the December term, 1894.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
This is a suit in chancery by appellant against appellee for the purpose of having a certain deed for 120 acres of land in Whiteside county declared a mortgage with a right in appellant to redeem therefrom.
The farm at one time belonged to appellant’s wife and her children by a deceased husband, George F. Hoover. It was sold upon a decrée for partition, appellant’s wife becoming purchaser. To meet the payment of notes executed for the purchase money application was made to appellee. The money was furnished by appellee and a deed executed by appellant and his wife to him. The theory of…
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