Nevius v. Gourley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county, the Hon. Geo. W. Pleasants, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ceaig
This was a bill to foreclose a mortgage executed by Henry W. Nevius to appellees, on the 9th day of August, 1877, on the following described tract of land: The south half of lot No. 3, in north-west quarter of section 16, in township 13 north, range 3 west, in Mercer county; and the controverted question presented by the record is whether Nevius, the mortgagor, was seized of the property at the time the mortgage was executed.
The land in question was owned by William I. Nevius, who died testate, on the 10th day of June, 1877. The ninth clause of the will read as follows :
“I give and bequeath…
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