Holmes v. Field
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a bill in chancery, filed in the Mason Circuit Court by defendant in error, and alleges in substance, that in the year 1835, Drury S. Field, father of complainant, then residing in Fayette County, Tennessee, entered into an agreement with Holmes, the plaintiff in error, to famish him with $12,500.00, to be expended in entering land in Hlinois; Holmes to enter the lands, and bear Ms own expenses; and after the entering thereof, the lands to be divided—one-fourth to…
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This was a bill in chancery, filed in the Mason Circuit Court by defendant in error, and alleges in substance, that in the year 1835, Drury S. Field, father of complainant, then residing in Fayette County, Tennessee, entered into an agreement with Holmes, the plaintiff in error, to famish him with $12,500.00, to be expended in entering land in Hlinois; Holmes to enter the lands, and bear Ms own expenses; and after the entering thereof, the lands to be divided—one-fourth to go to Holmes, and the other tMree-fourths to Field. That Holmes, in pursuance of this agreement, did enter in Field’s…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, J.
The only important question presented in this ease is, as to the validity of the payment by Holmes, of four hundred and thirty dollars and twelve cents, made on the ninth of October, 1840, to Shapley Lester, in the presence of his wife, former guardian of the complainant. This payment was disallowed by the Circuit Court; and after the most mature examination and reflection, we arc satisfied with that decision. By his last will and testament, Drury S..Field appointed Amelia E., his wife, guardian to his infant daughter, the complainant, so long as she should remain his widow. She subsequently…
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