McCredie v. Buxton

Graves, Ch. J.

This is an appeal from the circuit court for the county of St. Clair in chancery.

It appears by the record that in 1844, one Jacob Buell was at work under contract for John P. Phillips, in St. Clair county, and requested Phillips to enter for bim tbe northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-two, in town ten north, of range sixteen east, and that Phillips, in compliance with such request, made the entry in his own name, with the understanding that he would convey to Buell when the latter should complete his job; *384that Buell performed the work, so that the land…