Hales v. Holland
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Washington county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery, commenced in the circuit court of Jefferson county, and removed upon change of venue into the circuit court of Washington county. A decree was entered granting the relief sought by the bill, and the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice "Walkee
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This was a bill filed by Holland, in the Jefferson circuit court, against Maria Hales and the other heirs of Franklin S. Casey, deceased, and Thomas J. Casey, an heir and one of the administrators of his estate. The object of the bill was to enforce the payment of a claim held by Holland against the estate of deceased. The claim was evidenced by a note given by deceased to complainant in 1869, for the sum of $1300, drawing ten per cent interest, and amounting at the rendition of the decree to the sum of near $2000.
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