Stotsenburg v. Marks

— Complaint upon a written instrument, which *194the circuit court held to be champertous and therefore void. The following is a copy of the instrument;

“ For value received I hereby give, bargain, sell, convey,, assign and set over to C. L. Dunham, all the estate I may be-entitled to have and receive of and from the estate of my de■ceased wife, Sarah Louden, deceased, formerly of Crindle, county Londonderry, Ireland, or by right of my having been the husband of said Sarah, whether the same consists iru lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, wares, moneys, or choses in action, and I hereby…