Clark v. Harper
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. S. TuThill, Judge, presiding. The original bill in this case, filed by the appellant on May 20, 1897, against the widow and children of Peter Wallace, deceased, and Helen A. Butler, and Michael Conrad, sought to reform and correct a deed, executed by Peter Wallace to appellant on November 22, 1893, and recorded on December 8, 1893, as to the description of the property therein conveyed; and to remove a certificate of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. S. TuThill, Judge, presiding. The original bill in this case, filed by the appellant on May 20, 1897, against the widow and children of Peter Wallace, deceased, and Helen A. Butler, and Michael Conrad, sought to reform and correct a deed, executed by Peter Wallace to appellant on November 22, 1893, and recorded on December 8, 1893, as to the description of the property therein conveyed; and to remove a certificate of levy and sheriff’s deed to the said Helen A. Butler as clouds upon appellant’s title, and to set aside and cancel the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Substantially, the contest in this case is between the appellees, as judgment creditors of Peter Wallace, deceased, claiming under a sheriff’s deed obtained under their judgment against him, and the appellant, as grantee in a deed executed directly to him by the judgment debtor, Wallace. The main contention of the appellees is, that the deed, executed by Peter Wallace to the appellant on November 22, 1893, and recorded on December 8, 1893, was fraudulent and void, as having been made for the purpose of hindering and delaying the creditors of Wallace. The master and the chancellor in the court…
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