Eastman v. Littlefield
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. Oscar P. Bonney, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity brought by Henry B. Eastman, against Eaton Littlefield and others, to redeem the following described lands, under which the defendant Littlefield claimed title, from certain sales, viz.: The south-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section 31, township 1, south, range 8, west; the north-west quarter of section 31, township 1, south, range 8, west;…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. Oscar P. Bonney, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity brought by Henry B. Eastman, against Eaton Littlefield and others, to redeem the following described lands, under which the defendant Littlefield claimed title, from certain sales, viz.: The south-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section 31, township 1, south, range 8, west; the north-west quarter of section 31, township 1, south, range 8, west; fifty-six acres off the north end of the east half of the south-west quarter of section 31, township 1, south, range- 8,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The plaintiff in error, Henry B. Eastman, in consideration of $1000, on April 25, 1890, obtained a quit-claim deed from Rebecca M. and Reuben C. Rutherford for the premises described in the bill. The deed passed no better or greater title than belonged to the grantors at the time the deed was executed. If they had no title none was transferred by the deed. Moreover, as Littlefield was, at the time the deed was executed, in possession of the premises, Eastman purchased with full notice of all the rights and title of Littlefield. The question here, then, between plaintiff in error, Eastman, and…
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