Merrell v. Johnson

This was a bill in equity, brought by Samuel H. Merrell and Rankin P. McPheeters, in the circuit court of McLean county, to set aside a deed executed on the 26th day of March, 1870, by Simeon T. Johnson to his three children, Laura Belle, Lucy M. and Fannie D. Johnson, conveying a tract of land in McLean county, consisting of two hundred acres.

It is charged in the bill that Johnson fraudulently and without consideration, except love and affection, and for the purpose of hindering, delaying and defrauding his creditors, conveyed the premises; that at the time of making the deed he was in…