Gridley v. Watson

This was a bill in chancery in the McLean circuit court, exhibited by Samuel Watson, administrator on the estate of Sarah Watson, deceased, against Asahel Gridley, to remove a cloud upon the title to a certain lot in the city of Bloomington, which, he alleges, is the property of his intestate, and to which the defendant claims title by reason of a judgment and execution thereon and a sale to him thereunder, recovered by him against Samuel Watson, and for which he holds a certificate of sale by the sheriff, and which is duly recorded.

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