Lurton v. Rodgers
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Cyrus Bpler, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought by John Rodgers, against William S. Lurton and Lou C. Lurton, to set aside a sheriff’s deed, and to redeem from the sale in pursuance of which said deed was executed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Cyrus Bpler, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought by John Rodgers, against William S. Lurton and Lou C. Lurton, to set aside a sheriff’s deed, and to redeem from the sale in pursuance of which said deed was executed. The bill alleges, that on the 15th day of February, 1887, the complainant was the owner in fee of the south forty feet of lots 40, 41 and 42, in, the original town of Jacksonville, the same then and still being worth from $3000 to $3.500, and being subject to a mortgage for $500, thus leaving the net value…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The evidence as to the value of the property in question at the time it was sold on execution clearly preponderates in favor of the complainant. Seven witnesses were examined as to the value of the property, in behalf of complainant. One placed the value at $3000, one at from $2800 to $3000, two at from $2500 to $3000, one at from $2500 to $2800, one at $2750, and one at $2200, the average of their estimates being a little over $2700. Three witnesses only testified for the defendants, one placing the value at $1500, one at $1300, and ■one at $1200. It is therefore plain that the circuit court…
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