Francis v. Roades
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jersey county; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge, presiding. This was a bill filed by appellants, in the Jersey circuit court, against appellees, to declare a resulting trrfst in their favor in forty acres of land, described as the north half of the south-east quarter of the south-east quarter of section 7, and the north half of the south-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section 8, all in township 6, north, range 11, west of the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jersey county; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge, presiding. This was a bill filed by appellants, in the Jersey circuit court, against appellees, to declare a resulting trrfst in their favor in forty acres of land, described as the north half of the south-east quarter of the south-east quarter of section 7, and the north half of the south-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section 8, all in township 6, north, range 11, west of the third principal meridian, in Jersey county. On and prior to the 2d day of March, 1849, Elizabeth Boades, then wife of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
We are of opinion that the decree entered, dismissing the bill in this cause for want of equity, must be affirmed. The deed from Nathan C. Swan to William Boades, dated March 2, 1849, was for the expressed consideration of $125. The evidence shows that said Boades, with his family, went into possession of the land at once, cleared and improved it, erected thereon a dwelling, barns and other buildings, and has ever since occupied it as a-homestead, claiming to be the owner in fee. Mrs. Elizabeth Boades, in whose favor the trust is claimed to have resulted, upon the execution and delivery of…
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