Graham v. Anderson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Schuyler county; the Hon. C. L. Higbee, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of ejectment, brought in the Schuyler Circuit Court, to the May Term, 1863, by Edgar Anderson and others, heirs at law of James L. Anderson, deceased, against David J. Graham, to recover the possession of a certain tract of land in that county, in and to which defendant claimed a homestead right.
The plaintiffs deduced title through their father, James L. Anderson, who purchased the same at a sale under a trust-deed made by Graham and wife to John C. Bagby, to secure certain judgments against Graham,
The controversy arises upon the execution and acknowledgment of this deed,…
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